diff --git a/e2e/tests/core/02-client/client_test.go b/e2e/tests/core/02-client/client_test.go
index 911b22c912e..db09a386dc7 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/core/02-client/client_test.go
+++ b/e2e/tests/core/02-client/client_test.go
@@ -153,6 +153,91 @@ func (s *ClientTestSuite) TestClientUpdateProposal_Succeeds() {
 	})
 }
 
+// TestRecoverClient_Succeeds tests that a governance proposal to recover a client using a MsgRecoverClient is successful.
+func (s *ClientTestSuite) TestRecoverClient_Succeeds() {
+	t := s.T()
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+
+	var (
+		pathName           string
+		relayer            ibc.Relayer
+		subjectClientID    string
+		substituteClientID string
+		// set the trusting period to a value which will still be valid upon client creation, but invalid before the first update
+		badTrustingPeriod = time.Duration(time.Second * 10)
+	)
+
+	t.Run("create substitute client with correct trusting period", func(t *testing.T) {
+		relayer, _ = s.SetupChainsRelayerAndChannel(ctx)
+
+		// TODO: update when client identifier created is accessible
+		// currently assumes first client is 07-tendermint-0
+		substituteClientID = clienttypes.FormatClientIdentifier(ibcexported.Tendermint, 0)
+
+		// TODO: replace with better handling of path names
+		pathName = fmt.Sprintf("%s-path-%d", s.T().Name(), 0)
+		pathName = strings.ReplaceAll(pathName, "/", "-")
+	})
+
+	chainA, chainB := s.GetChains()
+	chainAWallet := s.CreateUserOnChainA(ctx, testvalues.StartingTokenAmount)
+
+	t.Run("create subject client with bad trusting period", func(t *testing.T) {
+		createClientOptions := ibc.CreateClientOptions{
+			TrustingPeriod: badTrustingPeriod.String(),
+		}
+
+		s.SetupClients(ctx, relayer, createClientOptions)
+
+		// TODO: update when client identifier created is accessible
+		// currently assumes second client is 07-tendermint-1
+		subjectClientID = clienttypes.FormatClientIdentifier(ibcexported.Tendermint, 1)
+	})
+
+	time.Sleep(badTrustingPeriod)
+
+	t.Run("update substitute client", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s.UpdateClients(ctx, relayer, pathName)
+	})
+
+	s.Require().NoError(test.WaitForBlocks(ctx, 1, chainA, chainB), "failed to wait for blocks")
+
+	t.Run("check status of each client", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("substitute should be active", func(t *testing.T) {
+			status, err := s.Status(ctx, chainA, substituteClientID)
+			s.Require().NoError(err)
+			s.Require().Equal(ibcexported.Active.String(), status)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("subject should be expired", func(t *testing.T) {
+			status, err := s.Status(ctx, chainA, subjectClientID)
+			s.Require().NoError(err)
+			s.Require().Equal(ibcexported.Expired.String(), status)
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("send recover client message", func(t *testing.T) {
+		authority, err := s.QueryModuleAccountAddress(ctx, govtypes.ModuleName, chainA)
+		s.Require().NoError(err)
+		recoverClientMsg := clienttypes.NewMsgRecoverClient(authority.String(), subjectClientID, substituteClientID)
+		s.ExecuteGovProposalV1(ctx, recoverClientMsg, chainA, chainAWallet, 1)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("check status of each client", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("substitute should be active", func(t *testing.T) {
+			status, err := s.Status(ctx, chainA, substituteClientID)
+			s.Require().NoError(err)
+			s.Require().Equal(ibcexported.Active.String(), status)
+		})
+
+		t.Run("subject should be active", func(t *testing.T) {
+			status, err := s.Status(ctx, chainA, subjectClientID)
+			s.Require().NoError(err)
+			s.Require().Equal(ibcexported.Active.String(), status)
+		})
+	})
+}
+
 func (s *ClientTestSuite) TestClient_Update_Misbehaviour() {
 	t := s.T()
 	ctx := context.TODO()