diff --git a/qa/multi-cluster-search-security/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/multi_cluster/30_field_caps.yaml b/qa/multi-cluster-search-security/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/multi_cluster/30_field_caps.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..937c0ddec9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/multi-cluster-search-security/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/multi_cluster/30_field_caps.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+---
+setup:
+  - skip:
+      features: headers
+
+  - do:
+      cluster.health:
+        wait_for_status: yellow
+  - do:
+      xpack.security.put_user:
+        username: "joe"
+        body:  >
+            {
+              "password": "s3krit",
+              "roles" : [ "x_cluster_role" ]
+            }
+  - do:
+      xpack.security.put_role:
+        name: "x_cluster_role"
+        body:  >
+            {
+              "cluster": ["all"],
+              "indices": [
+                {
+                  "names": ["field_caps_index_2", "my_remote_cluster:field_caps_index_1", "my_remote_cluster:field_caps_index_3"],
+                  "privileges": ["read"]
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+---
+teardown:
+  - do:
+      xpack.security.delete_user:
+        username: "joe"
+        ignore: 404
+  - do:
+      xpack.security.delete_role:
+        name: "x_cluster_role"
+        ignore: 404
+---
+"Get simple field caps from remote cluster":
+  - skip:
+      version: " - 5.4.99"
+      reason:  this uses a new API that has been added in 5.5.0
+
+  - do:
+        indices.create:
+          index: field_caps_index_2
+          body:
+              mappings:
+                t:
+                  properties:
+                    text:
+                      type:     text
+                    keyword:
+                      type:     keyword
+                    number:
+                      type:     double
+                    geo:
+                      type:     geo_point
+                    object:
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        nested1 :
+                          type : text
+                          index: true
+                        nested2:
+                          type: float
+                          doc_values: true
+
+  - do:
+      headers: { Authorization: "Basic am9lOnMza3JpdA==" }
+      field_caps:
+        index: 'field_caps_index_2,my_remote_cluster:field_caps_index_1,my_remote_cluster:field_caps_index_3'
+        fields: [text, keyword, number, geo]
+
+  - match: {fields.text.text.searchable:                true}
+  - match: {fields.text.text.aggregatable:              false}
+  - is_false: fields.text.text.indices
+  - is_false: fields.text.text.non_searchable_indices
+  - is_false: fields.text.text.non_aggregatable_indices
+  - match: {fields.keyword.keyword.searchable:          true}
+  - match: {fields.keyword.keyword.aggregatable:        true}
+  - is_false: fields.text.keyword.indices
+  - is_false: fields.text.keyword.non_searchable_indices
+  - is_false: fields.text.keyword.non_aggregatable_indices
+  - match: {fields.number.double.searchable:            true}
+  - match: {fields.number.double.aggregatable:          true}
+  - match: {fields.number.double.indices:               ["field_caps_index_2", "my_remote_cluster:field_caps_index_1"]}
+  - is_false: fields.number.double.non_searchable_indices
+  - is_false: fields.number.double.non_aggregatable_indices
+  - match: {fields.number.long.searchable:              true}
+  - match: {fields.number.long.aggregatable:            true}
+  - match: {fields.number.long.indices:                 ["my_remote_cluster:field_caps_index_3"]}
+  - is_false: fields.number.long.non_searchable_indices
+  - is_false: fields.number.long.non_aggregatable_indices
+  - match: {fields.geo.geo_point.searchable:            true}
+  - match: {fields.geo.geo_point.aggregatable:          true}
+  - match: {fields.geo.geo_point.indices:               ["field_caps_index_2", "my_remote_cluster:field_caps_index_1"]}
+  - is_false: fields.geo.geo_point.non_searchable_indices
+  - is_false: fields.geo.geo_point.non_aggregatable_indices
+  - match: {fields.geo.keyword.searchable:              true}
+  - match: {fields.geo.keyword.aggregatable:            true}
+  - match: {fields.geo.keyword.indices:                 ["my_remote_cluster:field_caps_index_3"]}
+  - is_false: fields.geo.keyword.non_searchable_indices
+  - is_false: fields.geo.keyword.on_aggregatable_indices
diff --git a/qa/multi-cluster-search-security/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/remote_cluster/10_basic.yaml b/qa/multi-cluster-search-security/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/remote_cluster/10_basic.yaml
index 359f6707fa6..51823e79c66 100644
--- a/qa/multi-cluster-search-security/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/remote_cluster/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/qa/multi-cluster-search-security/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/remote_cluster/10_basic.yaml
@@ -22,13 +22,61 @@ setup:
               "cluster": ["monitor"],
               "indices": [
                 {
-                  "names": ["test_index", "aliased_test_index"],
+                  "names": ["test_index", "aliased_test_index", "field_caps_index_1", "field_caps_index_3"],
                   "privileges": ["read", "read_cross_cluster"]
                 }
               ]
             }
 ---
 "Index data and search on the remote cluster":
+  - do:
+        indices.create:
+          index: field_caps_index_1
+          body:
+              mappings:
+                t:
+                  properties:
+                    text:
+                      type:     text
+                    keyword:
+                      type:     keyword
+                    number:
+                      type:     double
+                    geo:
+                      type:     geo_point
+                    object:
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        nested1 :
+                          type : text
+                          index: false
+                        nested2:
+                          type: float
+                          doc_values: false
+  - do:
+        indices.create:
+          index: field_caps_index_3
+          body:
+              mappings:
+                t:
+                  properties:
+                    text:
+                      type:     text
+                    keyword:
+                      type:     keyword
+                    number:
+                      type:     long
+                    geo:
+                      type:     keyword
+                    object:
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        nested1 :
+                          type : long
+                          index: false
+                        nested2:
+                          type: keyword
+                          doc_values: false
 
   - do:
       indices.create: