diff --git a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/agent_policy/agent_policy_with_agents_setup.ts b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/agent_policy/agent_policy_with_agents_setup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d99e6a69c5124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/agent_policy/agent_policy_with_agents_setup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+import { skipIfNoDockerRegistry } from '../../helpers';
+import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../api_integration/ftr_provider_context';
+import { setupIngest, getSupertestWithoutAuth } from '../fleet/agents/services';
+
+export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
+  const { getService } = providerContext;
+  const supertest = getService('supertest');
+  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
+  const supertestWithoutAuth = getSupertestWithoutAuth(providerContext);
+  const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
+
+  async function getEnrollmentKeyForPolicyId(policyId: string) {
+    const listRes = await supertest.get(`/api/fleet/enrollment-api-keys`).expect(200);
+
+    const key = listRes.body.list.find(
+      (item: { policy_id: string; id: string }) => item.policy_id === policyId
+    );
+
+    expect(key).not.empty();
+
+    const res = await supertest.get(`/api/fleet/enrollment-api-keys/${key.id}`).expect(200);
+
+    return res.body.item;
+  }
+
+  // Enroll an agent to get the actions for an agent as encrypted saved object are not expose otherwise
+  async function getAgentActionsForEnrollmentKey(enrollmentAPIToken: string) {
+    const kibanaVersionAccessor = kibanaServer.version;
+    const kibanaVersion = await kibanaVersionAccessor.get();
+
+    const { body: enrollmentResponse } = await supertestWithoutAuth
+      .post(`/api/ingest_manager/fleet/agents/enroll`)
+      .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxx')
+      .set('Authorization', `ApiKey ${enrollmentAPIToken}`)
+      .send({
+        type: 'PERMANENT',
+        metadata: {
+          local: {
+            elastic: { agent: { version: kibanaVersion } },
+          },
+          user_provided: {},
+        },
+      })
+      .expect(200);
+
+    const agentAccessAPIKey = enrollmentResponse.item.access_api_key;
+
+    // Agent checkin
+    const { body: checkinApiResponse } = await supertestWithoutAuth
+      .post(`/api/ingest_manager/fleet/agents/${enrollmentResponse.item.id}/checkin`)
+      .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xx')
+      .set('Authorization', `ApiKey ${agentAccessAPIKey}`)
+      .send({
+        events: [],
+      })
+      .expect(200);
+
+    expect(checkinApiResponse.actions).length(1);
+
+    return checkinApiResponse.actions[0];
+  }
+
+  // Test all the side effect that should occurs when we create|update an agent policy
+  describe('ingest_manager_agent_policies_with_agents_setup', () => {
+    skipIfNoDockerRegistry(providerContext);
+
+    before(async () => {
+      await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('fleet/agents');
+    });
+    after(async () => {
+      await esArchiver.unload('fleet/agents');
+    });
+
+    setupIngest(providerContext);
+
+    describe('POST /api/fleet/agent_policies', () => {
+      it('should create an enrollment key and an agent action `POLICY_CHANGE` for the policy', async () => {
+        const name = `test-${Date.now()}`;
+
+        const res = await supertest
+          .post(`/api/fleet/agent_policies?sys_monitoring=true`)
+          .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
+          .send({
+            name,
+            namespace: 'default',
+          })
+          .expect(200);
+
+        const policyId = res.body.item.id;
+        const enrollmentKey = await getEnrollmentKeyForPolicyId(policyId);
+        expect(enrollmentKey).not.empty();
+
+        const action = await getAgentActionsForEnrollmentKey(enrollmentKey.api_key);
+
+        expect(action.type).to.be('POLICY_CHANGE');
+        const agentPolicy = action.data.policy;
+        expect(agentPolicy.id).to.be(policyId);
+        // should have system inputs
+        expect(agentPolicy.inputs).length(2);
+        // should have default output
+        expect(agentPolicy.outputs.default).not.empty();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('POST /api/fleet/agent_policies/copy', () => {
+      const TEST_POLICY_ID = `policy1`;
+
+      it('should create an enrollment key and an agent action `POLICY_CHANGE` for the policy', async () => {
+        const name = `test-${Date.now()}`;
+
+        const res = await supertest
+          .post(`/api/fleet/agent_policies/${TEST_POLICY_ID}/copy`)
+          .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
+          .send({
+            name,
+            description: 'Test',
+          })
+          .expect(200);
+
+        const policyId = res.body.item.id;
+        const enrollmentKey = await getEnrollmentKeyForPolicyId(policyId);
+        expect(enrollmentKey).not.empty();
+
+        const action = await getAgentActionsForEnrollmentKey(enrollmentKey.api_key);
+        expect(action.type).to.be('POLICY_CHANGE');
+        expect(action.data.policy.id).to.be(policyId);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/agent_policy/index.js b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/agent_policy/index.js
index a513e7991fa74..da608b7057c0a 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/agent_policy/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/agent_policy/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 export default function loadTests({ loadTestFile }) {
   describe('Ingest Manager Endpoints', () => {
+    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./agent_policy_with_agents_setup'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./agent_policy'));
   });
 }