diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/read_replica_e2e_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/read_replica_e2e_test.py
index 1a635bc9320d0..19f02a42e8952 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/read_replica_e2e_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/read_replica_e2e_test.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from rptest.services.cluster import cluster
 
 from rptest.clients.default import DefaultClient
+from rptest.services.admin import Admin
 from rptest.services.redpanda import SISettings
 from rptest.clients.rpk import RpkTool, RpkException
 from rptest.clients.types import TopicSpec
@@ -159,12 +160,12 @@ def __init__(self, test_context: TestContext):
             cloud_storage_housekeeping_interval_ms=10)
         self.second_cluster = None
 
-    def start_second_cluster(self) -> None:
+    def start_second_cluster(self, num_brokers=3) -> None:
         # NOTE: the RRR cluster won't have a bucket, so don't upload.
         extra_rp_conf = dict(enable_cluster_metadata_upload_loop=False)
         self.second_cluster = make_redpanda_service(
             self.test_context,
-            num_brokers=3,
+            num_brokers=num_brokers,
             si_settings=self.rr_settings,
             extra_rp_conf=extra_rp_conf)
         self.second_cluster.start(start_si=False)
@@ -210,7 +211,9 @@ def create_read_replica_topic_success(self) -> bool:
     def _setup_read_replica(self,
                             num_messages=0,
                             partition_count=3,
-                            producer_timeout=None) -> None:
+                            producer_timeout=None,
+                            num_source_brokers=3,
+                            num_rrr_brokers=3) -> None:
         if producer_timeout is None:
             producer_timeout = 30
 
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ def _setup_read_replica(self,
                          f"{num_messages} msg, {partition_count} "
                          "partitions.")
         # Create original topic
-        self.start_redpanda(3, si_settings=self.si_settings)
+        self.start_redpanda(num_source_brokers, si_settings=self.si_settings)
         spec = TopicSpec(name=self.topic_name,
                          partition_count=partition_count,
                          replication_factor=3)
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ def _setup_read_replica(self,
                             str(self.producer.last_acked_offsets))
             self.producer.stop()
 
-        self.start_second_cluster()
+        self.start_second_cluster(num_rrr_brokers)
 
         # wait until the read replica topic creation succeeds
         wait_until(
@@ -457,6 +460,82 @@ def test_simple_end_to_end(
             m = f"S3 Bucket usage changed during read replica test: {delta}"
             assert False, m
 
+    def _get_node_assignments(self, admin, topic, partition):
+        def try_get_partitions():
+            try:
+                res = admin.get_partitions(topic, partition)
+                return True, res
+            except:
+                return False, None
+
+        res = wait_until_result(try_get_partitions,
+                                timeout_sec=30,
+                                backoff_sec=1)
+
+        return [dict(node_id=a["node_id"]) for a in res["replicas"]]
+
+    def _set_partition_assignments(self, topic, partition, assignments,
+                                   admin: Admin):
+        self.logger.info(
+            f"setting assignments for {topic}/{partition} to {assignments}")
+
+        admin.set_partition_replicas(topic, partition,
+                                     [{
+                                         "core": 0,
+                                         "node_id": a["node_id"],
+                                     } for a in assignments])
+
+    # fips on S3 is not compatible with path-style urls. TODO remove this once get_cloud_storage_type_and_url_style is fips aware
+    @skip_fips_mode
+    @cluster(num_nodes=10, log_allow_list=READ_REPLICA_LOG_ALLOW_LIST)
+    @matrix(partition_count=[10])
+    def test_partition_movement(self, partition_count: int) -> None:
+        data_timeout = 300
+        num_messages = 100000
+        self._setup_read_replica(num_messages=num_messages,
+                                 partition_count=partition_count,
+                                 producer_timeout=300,
+                                 num_rrr_brokers=4)
+
+        # Consume from read replica topic and validate
+        self.start_consumer()
+        self.run_validation(
+            min_records=num_messages,
+            consumer_timeout_sec=data_timeout)  # calls self.consumer.stop()
+
+        # Initiate partition movement in RRR cluster
+        admin = Admin(self.second_cluster)
+        brokers = admin.get_brokers()
+        for part_id in range(0, partition_count):
+            assignments = self._get_node_assignments(admin, self.topic_name,
+                                                     part_id)
+            self.logger.info(
+                f"initial assignments for {self.topic_name}/{part_id}: {assignments}"
+            )
+            replicas = set([r['node_id'] for r in assignments])
+            for b in brokers:
+                if b['node_id'] not in replicas:
+                    assignments[0] = {"node_id": b['node_id']}
+                    break
+            self.logger.info(
+                f"new assignments for {self.topic_name}/{part_id}: {assignments}"
+            )
+            self._set_partition_assignments(self.topic_name, part_id,
+                                            assignments, admin)
+
+        # Wait until reconfigurations are started and then completed
+        wait_until(lambda: len(admin.list_reconfigurations()) > 0,
+                   30,
+                   err_msg="Reconfigurations are not started")
+        wait_until(lambda: len(admin.list_reconfigurations()) == 0,
+                   30,
+                   err_msg="Reconfiguration are not completed in time")
+
+        # Consume all messages
+        self.start_consumer()
+        self.run_validation(min_records=num_messages,
+                            consumer_timeout_sec=data_timeout)
+
 
 class ReadReplicasUpgradeTest(EndToEndTest):
     log_segment_size = 1024 * 1024