diff --git a/e2e/plugin-e2e/mssql/mssql.spec.ts b/e2e/plugin-e2e/mssql/mssql.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..125024935ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/plugin-e2e/mssql/mssql.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
+
+test('Smoke test: decoupled frontend plugin loads', async ({ createDataSourceConfigPage, page }) => {
+  await createDataSourceConfigPage({ type: 'mssql' });
+
+  await expect(await page.getByText('Type: Microsoft SQL Server', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Connection', exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+});
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index 3dc0984aef1..6d0858b4f2d 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ export default defineConfig<PluginOptions>({
       },
       dependencies: ['authenticate'],
     },
+    {
+      name: 'mssql',
+      testDir: path.join(testDirRoot, '/mssql'),
+      use: {
+        ...devices['Desktop Chrome'],
+        storageState: 'playwright/.auth/admin.json',
+      },
+      dependencies: ['authenticate'],
+    },
     {
       name: 'extensions-test-app',
       testDir: 'e2e/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app',