diff --git a/test/e2e/displayLang.test.ts b/test/e2e/displayLang.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d440d8a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/displayLang.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import * as path from "path"
+import { describe, test, expect } from "./baseFixture"
+
+// Given a code-server environment with Spanish Language Pack extension installed
+// and a languagepacks.json in the data-dir
+describe("--locale es", ["--extensions-dir", path.join(__dirname, "./extensions"), "--locale", "es"], {}, () => {
+  test("should load code-server in Spanish", async ({ codeServerPage }) => {
+    // When
+    const visible = await codeServerPage.page.isVisible("text=Explorador")
+
+    // Then
+    expect(visible).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/e2e/extensions/ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es-1.70.0/package.json b/test/e2e/extensions/ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es-1.70.0/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f4aff17b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/extensions/ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es-1.70.0/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "name": "vscode-language-pack-es",
+  "displayName": "Spanish Language Pack for Visual Studio Code",
+  "description": "Language pack extension for Spanish",
+  "version": "1.70.0",
+  "publisher": "MS-CEINTL",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-loc"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "vscode": "^1.70.0"
+  },
+  "categories": [
+    "Language Packs"
+  ],
+  "contributes": {
+    "localizations": [
+      {
+        "languageId": "es",
+        "languageName": "Spanish",
+        "localizedLanguageName": "español",
+        "translations": [
+          {
+            "id": "vscode",
+            "path": "./translations/main.i18n.json"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/extensions/ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es-1.70.0/translations/main.i18n.json b/test/e2e/extensions/ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es-1.70.0/translations/main.i18n.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0f43689c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/extensions/ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es-1.70.0/translations/main.i18n.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "": [
+    "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------",
+    "Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.",
+    "Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.",
+    "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------",
+    "Do not edit this file. It is machine generated."
+  ],
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "contents": {
+    "vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/explorerViewlet": {
+      "explore": "Explorador"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/models/CodeServer.ts b/test/e2e/models/CodeServer.ts
index d5c00b96e..5e5806670 100644
--- a/test/e2e/models/CodeServer.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/models/CodeServer.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,30 @@ export class CodeServer {
       }),
       "utf8",
     )
+
+    const extensionsDir = path.join(__dirname, "../extensions")
+    const languagepacksContent = {
+      es: {
+        hash: "8d919a946475223861fa0c62665a4c50",
+        extensions: [
+          {
+            extensionIdentifier: {
+              id: "ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es",
+              uuid: "47e020a1-33db-4cc0-a1b4-42f97781749a",
+            },
+            version: "1.70.0",
+          },
+        ],
+        translations: {
+          vscode: `${extensionsDir}/ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es-1.70.0/translations/main.i18n.json`,
+        },
+        label: "español",
+      },
+    }
+
+    // NOTE@jsjoeio - code-server should automatically generate the languagepacks.json for
+    // using different display languages. This is a temporary workaround until we fix that.
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(dir, "languagepacks.json"), JSON.stringify(languagepacksContent))
     return dir
   }