diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/grpc.go b/test/e2e/settings/grpc.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package settings
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	pb "github.com/moul/pb/grpcbin/go-grpc"
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+
+	"k8s.io/ingress-nginx/test/e2e/framework"
+)
+
+const echoHost = "echo"
+
+var _ = framework.DescribeSetting("GRPC", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("grpc-buffersize", framework.WithHTTPBunEnabled())
+
+	ginkgo.It("should set the correct GRPC Buffer Size", func() {
+		f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
+			"grpc-buffer-size-kb": "8",
+		})
+
+		f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(
+			func(cfg string) bool {
+				return strings.Contains(cfg, "grpc_buffer_size 8k")
+			})
+
+		f.NewGRPCBinDeployment()
+
+		host := echoHost
+
+		svc := &corev1.Service{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      "grpcbin-test",
+				Namespace: f.Namespace,
+			},
+			Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
+				ExternalName: fmt.Sprintf("grpcbin.%v.svc.cluster.local", f.Namespace),
+				Type:         corev1.ServiceTypeExternalName,
+				Ports: []corev1.ServicePort{
+					{
+						Name:       host,
+						Port:       9000,
+						TargetPort: intstr.FromInt(9000),
+						Protocol:   "TCP",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		f.EnsureService(svc)
+
+		annotations := map[string]string{
+			"nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol": "GRPC",
+		}
+
+		ing := framework.NewSingleIngressWithTLS(host, "/", host, []string{host}, f.Namespace, "grpcbin-test", 9000, annotations)
+
+		f.EnsureIngress(ing)
+
+		f.WaitForNginxServer(host,
+			func(server string) bool {
+				return strings.Contains(server, "grpc_pass grpc://upstream_balancer;")
+			})
+
+		//nolint:goconst //string interpolation
+		conn, err := grpc.Dial(f.GetNginxIP()+":443",
+			grpc.WithTransportCredentials(
+				credentials.NewTLS(&tls.Config{
+					ServerName:         echoHost,
+					InsecureSkipVerify: true, //nolint:gosec // Ignore certificate validation in testing
+				}),
+			),
+		)
+		assert.Nil(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), err, "error creating a connection")
+		defer conn.Close() //nolint:errcheck
+
+		client := pb.NewGRPCBinClient(conn)
+		ctx := context.Background()
+
+		res, err := client.HeadersUnary(ctx, &pb.EmptyMessage{})
+		assert.Nil(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), err)
+
+		metadata := res.GetMetadata()
+		assert.Equal(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), metadata["content-type"].Values[0], "application/grpc")
+		assert.Equal(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), metadata[":authority"].Values[0], host)
+	})
+})