diff --git a/backend/tests/api-e2e/test_api_history.py b/backend/tests/api-e2e/test_api_history.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..000180a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/api-e2e/test_api_history.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import pytest
+
+from tests.conftest import Client, UserAccount
+from app.legacy.core.projects import get_projects_addresses
+from tests.helpers.constants import STARTING_EPOCH
+from flask import current_app as app
+
+
+@pytest.mark.api
+def test_history_basics(
+    client: Client,
+    deployer: UserAccount,
+    ua_alice: UserAccount,
+):
+    # Check user history before allocation
+    user_history, status_code = client.get_user_history(ua_alice.address)
+    assert len(user_history["history"]) == 0, "User history should be empty"
+    assert status_code == 200
+
+    # Get alice proposals
+    alice_proposals = get_projects_addresses(1)[:3]
+
+    # lock GLM for one account
+    ua_alice.lock(10000)
+
+    # forward time to the beginning of the epoch 2
+    client.move_to_next_epoch(STARTING_EPOCH + 1)
+
+    # wait for indexer to catch up
+    epoch_no = client.wait_for_sync(STARTING_EPOCH + 1)
+    app.logger.debug(f"indexed epoch: {epoch_no}")
+
+    # make a snapshot
+    res = client.pending_snapshot()
+    assert res["epoch"] > STARTING_EPOCH - 1
+
+    allocation_response_code = ua_alice.allocate(1000, alice_proposals)
+    assert (
+        allocation_response_code == 201
+    ), "Allocation status code is different than 201"
+
+    # Check user history after allocation
+    user_history, status_code = client.get_user_history(ua_alice.address)
+    assert (
+        user_history["history"][0]["type"] == "allocation"
+    ), "Type of history record should be 'allocation'"
+    assert (
+        len(user_history["history"][0]["eventData"]["allocations"]) == 3
+    ), "Number of allocations should be 3"
+    assert status_code == 200
diff --git a/backend/tests/conftest.py b/backend/tests/conftest.py
index 154f8df309..236b003bd2 100644
--- a/backend/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/tests/conftest.py
@@ -884,6 +884,10 @@ def accept_tos(self, user_address, signature):
         )
         return json.loads(rv.text), rv.status_code
 
+    def get_user_history(self, user_address) -> tuple[dict, int]:
+        rv = self._flask_client.get(f"/history/{user_address}")
+        return json.loads(rv.text), rv.status_code
+
     def get_antisybil_score(self, user_address: str) -> (any, int):
         rv = self._flask_client.get(f"/user/{user_address}/antisybil-status")
         return json.loads(rv.text), rv.status_code