diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkSkippingIndexITSuite.scala b/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkSkippingIndexITSuite.scala
index 7d5598cd5..1625dc2e4 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkSkippingIndexITSuite.scala
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkSkippingIndexITSuite.scala
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ class FlintSparkSkippingIndexITSuite extends FlintSparkSuite {
       .options(FlintSparkIndexOptions(Map(
         "auto_refresh" -> "true",
         "refresh_interval" -> "1 Minute",
-        "checkpoint_location" -> "s3a://test/"
+        "checkpoint_location" -> "s3a://test/",
+        "index_settings" -> "{\"number_of_shards\": 3,\"number_of_replicas\": 2}"
       )))
       .create()
 
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ class FlintSparkSkippingIndexITSuite extends FlintSparkSuite {
     index.get.options.autoRefresh() shouldBe true
     index.get.options.refreshInterval() shouldBe Some("1 Minute")
     index.get.options.checkpointLocation() shouldBe Some("s3a://test/")
+    index.get.options.indexSettings() shouldBe
+      "{\"number_of_shards\": 3,\"number_of_replicas\": 2}"
   }
 
   test("should not have ID column in index data") {
diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkSkippingIndexSqlITSuite.scala b/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkSkippingIndexSqlITSuite.scala
index 5846cab23..38bc20b20 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkSkippingIndexSqlITSuite.scala
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/scala/org/opensearch/flint/spark/FlintSparkSkippingIndexSqlITSuite.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@
 package org.opensearch.flint.spark
 
 import scala.Option.empty
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters.mapAsJavaMapConverter
 
+import org.json4s.{Formats, NoTypeHints}
+import org.json4s.native.JsonMethods.parse
+import org.json4s.native.Serialization
+import org.opensearch.flint.core.FlintOptions
+import org.opensearch.flint.core.storage.FlintOpenSearchClient
 import org.opensearch.flint.spark.skipping.FlintSparkSkippingIndex.getSkippingIndexName
 import org.scalatest.matchers.must.Matchers.defined
 import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers.convertToAnyShouldWrapper
@@ -75,6 +81,24 @@ class FlintSparkSkippingIndexSqlITSuite extends FlintSparkSuite {
     }
   }
 
+  test("create skipping index with index settings") {
+    sql(s"""
+           | CREATE SKIPPING INDEX ON $testTable
+           | ( year PARTITION )
+           | WITH (
+           |   index_settings = '{"number_of_shards": 3, "number_of_replicas": 2}'
+           | )
+           |""".stripMargin)
+
+    // Check if the index settings is set to OS index
+    val flintClient = new FlintOpenSearchClient(new FlintOptions(openSearchOptions.asJava))
+
+    implicit val formats: Formats = Serialization.formats(NoTypeHints)
+    val settings = parse(flintClient.getIndexMetadata(testIndex).getIndexSettings)
+    (settings \ "index.number_of_shards").extract[String] shouldBe "3"
+    (settings \ "index.number_of_replicas").extract[String] shouldBe "2"
+  }
+
   test("create skipping index with manual refresh") {
     sql(s"""
          | CREATE SKIPPING INDEX ON $testTable