diff --git a/qa/multi-cluster-search-security/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/multi_cluster/50_missing.yml b/qa/multi-cluster-search-security/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/test/multi_cluster/50_missing.yml
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+---
+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": ["local_index", "my_remote_cluster:test_i*", "my_remote_cluster:aliased_test_index", "test_remote_cluster:test_i*", "my_remote_cluster:secure_alias"],
+                  "privileges": ["read"]
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+---
+teardown:
+  - do:
+      xpack.security.delete_user:
+        username: "joe"
+        ignore: 404
+  - do:
+      xpack.security.delete_role:
+        name: "x_cluster_role"
+        ignore: 404
+---
+"Search with missing remote index pattern":
+  - do:
+      headers: { Authorization: "Basic am9lOnMza3JpdA==" }
+      search:
+        index: "*:foo-*"
+
+  - match: { _shards.total: 0 }
+  - match: { hits.total: 0 }
+
+  - do:
+      headers: { Authorization: "Basic am9lOnMza3JpdA==" }
+      search:
+        index: "my_remote_cluster:foo-*"
+
+  - match: { _shards.total: 0 }
+  - match: { hits.total: 0 }
+
+  - do:
+      catch: "request"
+      headers: { Authorization: "Basic am9lOnMza3JpdA==" }
+      search:
+        index: "*:foo-bar"
+
+  - do:
+      catch: "request"
+      headers: { Authorization: "Basic am9lOnMza3JpdA==" }
+      search:
+        index: "my_remote_cluster:foo-bar"