diff --git a/tests/infra/base_smoketest.py b/tests/infra/base_smoketest.py
index 838f7599..3396580a 100644
--- a/tests/infra/base_smoketest.py
+++ b/tests/infra/base_smoketest.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class BaseSmokeTest(unittest.TestCase):
         }
     ]
     notification_bucket = os.environ['DSS_S3_BUCKET_TEST']
+    scripts_dir = os.path.join(os.getenv('DSS_HOME'), 'scripts')
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
@@ -238,6 +239,18 @@ def _test_get_subscriptions(self, replica, requested_subscription, subscription_
         list_of_subscription_uuids = [x['uuid'] for x in list_of_subscriptions if x['uuid']]
         self.assertIn(requested_subscription, list_of_subscription_uuids)
 
+    def add_to_flac_table(self, keys: list, groups: list):
+        """adds given uuid to the flac lookup table"""
+        return run_for_json(f'{self.scripts_dir}/dss-ops.py flac add --keys {" ".join(keys)}'
+                            f' --groups {" ".join(groups)}')
+
+    def cleanup_from_flac_table(self, keys: list):
+        self.addCleanup(run, f'{self.scripts_dir}/dss-ops.py flac remove --keys {" ".join(keys)}')
+
+    def get_from_flac_table(self, keys: list):
+        """adds given uuid to the flac lookup table"""
+        return run_for_json(f'{self.scripts_dir}/dss-ops.py flac get --keys {" ".join(keys)}')
+
     @staticmethod
     def _download_bundle(replica_name: str, bundle_uuid: str, workdir: str, venv_bin: str):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix=f'{workdir}/') as tempdir:
diff --git a/tests/test_smoketest.py b/tests/test_smoketest.py
index b15bbbfd..8e39b7d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_smoketest.py
+++ b/tests/test_smoketest.py
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ def smoketest(self, starting_replica, checkout_bucket, test_bucket):
                               version=bundle_version):
                 self._test_replay_event(replica, bundle_uuid, bundle_version)
 
+        with self.subTest(f'Testing FLAC Lookup for bundles'):
+            keys = [f'bundles/{bundle_uuid}.{bundle_version}']
+            self.add_to_flac_table(keys=keys, groups=['service-account', 'dss_admin'])
+            added_bundles = self.get_from_flac_table(keys=keys)
+            self.cleanup_from_flac_table(keys=keys)
+            self.assertIs(True, added_bundles[0].get('inDatabase'))
+            for replica in self.replicas:
+                self._test_get_bundle(replica=replica, bundle_uuid=bundle_uuid)
+            self.add_to_flac_table(keys=keys, groups=['deny'])
+            for replica in self.replicas:
+                self._test_get_bundle(replica=replica, bundle_uuid=bundle_uuid)
+                # This is going to cause a error in the subprocess, can this be caught because
+                # its expected? what would be the appropriate way to perform this?
+
         for replica in self.replicas:
             with self.subTest(f"{starting_replica.name}: Tombstone the bundle on replica {replica}"):
                 run_for_json(f"{self.venv_bin}dbio dss delete-bundle --uuid {bundle_uuid} --version {bundle_version} "