diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 906ae0698..028ac26c0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -206,4 +206,28 @@ var _ = Describe("Workload cluster creation", func() {
 			}, result)
 		})
 	})
+
+	Context("Creating a cluster using a cluster class", func() {
+		It("Should create a cluster class and then a cluster based on it", func() {
+			By("Creating a cluster from a topology")
+			clusterctl.ApplyClusterTemplateAndWait(ctx, clusterctl.ApplyClusterTemplateAndWaitInput{
+				ClusterProxy: bootstrapClusterProxy,
+				ConfigCluster: clusterctl.ConfigClusterInput{
+					LogFolder:                clusterctlLogFolder,
+					ClusterctlConfigPath:     clusterctlConfigPath,
+					KubeconfigPath:           bootstrapClusterProxy.GetKubeconfigPath(),
+					InfrastructureProvider:   clusterctl.DefaultInfrastructureProvider,
+					Flavor:                   "ci-topology",
+					Namespace:                namespace.Name,
+					ClusterName:              clusterName,
+					KubernetesVersion:        e2eConfig.GetVariable(KubernetesVersion),
+					ControlPlaneMachineCount: ptr.To[int64](1),
+					WorkerMachineCount:       ptr.To[int64](1),
+				},
+				WaitForClusterIntervals:      e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-cluster"),
+				WaitForControlPlaneIntervals: e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-control-plane"),
+				WaitForMachineDeployments:    e2eConfig.GetIntervals(specName, "wait-worker-nodes"),
+			}, result)
+		})
+	})
 })