diff --git a/test/e2e/testdata/direct-response.yaml b/test/e2e/testdata/direct-response.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e5a92c8693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/testdata/direct-response.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: direct-response
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+  - name: same-namespace
+  rules:
+  - matches:
+    - path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: /inline
+    filters:
+    - type: ExtensionRef
+      extensionRef:
+        group: gateway.envoyproxy.io
+        kind: HTTPRouteFilter
+        name: direct-response-inline
+  - matches:
+    - path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: /value-ref
+    filters:
+    - type: ExtensionRef
+      extensionRef:
+        group: gateway.envoyproxy.io
+        kind: HTTPRouteFilter
+        name: direct-response-value-ref
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: response-value-ref
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+data:
+  response.body: '{"error": "Internal Server Error"}'
+---
+apiVersion: gateway.envoyproxy.io/v1alpha1
+kind: HTTPRouteFilter
+metadata:
+  name: direct-response-inline
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  directResponse:
+    contentType: text/plain
+    body:
+      type: Inline
+      inline: "Oops! Your request is not found."
+---
+apiVersion: gateway.envoyproxy.io/v1alpha1
+kind: HTTPRouteFilter
+metadata:
+  name: direct-response-value-ref
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  directResponse:
+    contentType: application/json
+    body:
+      type: ValueRef
+      valueRef:
+        group: ""
+        kind: ConfigMap
+        name: value-ref-response
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/direct-response.go b/test/e2e/tests/direct-response.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..595b6908b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/direct-response.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Copyright Envoy Gateway Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// The full text of the Apache license is available in the LICENSE file at
+// the root of the repo.
+
+//go:build e2e
+
+package tests
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	gwapiv1 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1"
+	gwapiv1a2 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
+	httputils "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/conformance/utils/http"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/conformance/utils/kubernetes"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/conformance/utils/suite"
+
+	"github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/internal/gatewayapi"
+	"github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/internal/gatewayapi/resource"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	ConformanceTests = append(ConformanceTests, DirectResponseTest)
+}
+
+var DirectResponseTest = suite.ConformanceTest{
+	ShortName:   "DirectResponse",
+	Description: "Direct",
+	Manifests:   []string{"testdata/direct-response.yaml"},
+	Test: func(t *testing.T, suite *suite.ConformanceTestSuite) {
+		t.Run("direct response", func(t *testing.T) {
+			ns := "gateway-conformance-infra"
+			routeNN := types.NamespacedName{Name: "direct-response", Namespace: ns}
+			gwNN := types.NamespacedName{Name: "same-namespace", Namespace: ns}
+			gwAddr := kubernetes.GatewayAndHTTPRoutesMustBeAccepted(t, suite.Client, suite.TimeoutConfig, suite.ControllerName, kubernetes.NewGatewayRef(gwNN), routeNN)
+
+			kubernetes.HTTPRouteMustHaveResolvedRefsConditionsTrue(t, suite.Client, suite.TimeoutConfig, routeNN, gwNN)
+			verifyCustomResponse(t, gwAddr, "/status/404", "text/plain", "Oops! Your request is not found.")
+			verifyCustomResponse(t, gwAddr, "/status/500", "application/json", `{"error": "Internal Server Error"}`)
+		})
+	},
+}
+
+func verifyCustomResponse(t *testing.T, gwAddr, path, expectedContentType, expectedBody string) {
+	reqURL := url.URL{
+		Scheme: "http",
+		Host:   httputils.CalculateHost(t, gwAddr, "http"),
+		Path:   path,
+	}
+
+	rsp, err := http.Get(reqURL.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to get response: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify that the response body is overridden
+	defer rsp.Body.Close()
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(rsp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read response body: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(body) != expectedBody {
+		t.Errorf("expected response body to be %s but got %s", expectedBody, string(body))
+	}
+
+	// Verify that the content type is overridden
+	contentType := rsp.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+	if contentType != expectedContentType {
+		t.Errorf("expected content type to be %s but got %s", expectedContentType, contentType)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/response-override.go b/test/e2e/tests/response-override.go
index b21db88e242..77117c9a4fc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/response-override.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/response-override.go
@@ -47,17 +47,17 @@ var ResponseOverrideTest = suite.ConformanceTest{
 				Name:      gwapiv1.ObjectName(gwNN.Name),
 			}
 			BackendTrafficPolicyMustBeAccepted(t, suite.Client, types.NamespacedName{Name: "response-override", Namespace: ns}, suite.ControllerName, ancestorRef)
-			verifyResponseOverride(t, gwAddr, 404, "text/plain", "Oops! Your request is not found.")
-			verifyResponseOverride(t, gwAddr, 500, "application/json", `{"error": "Internal Server Error"}`)
+			verifyCustomResponse(t, gwAddr, "/status/404", "text/plain", "Oops! Your request is not found.")
+			verifyCustomResponse(t, gwAddr, "/status/500", "application/json", `{"error": "Internal Server Error"}`)
 		})
 	},
 }
 
-func verifyResponseOverride(t *testing.T, gwAddr string, statusCode int, expectedContentType string, expectedBody string) {
+func verifyCustomResponse(t *testing.T, gwAddr, path, expectedContentType, expectedBody string) {
 	reqURL := url.URL{
 		Scheme: "http",
 		Host:   httputils.CalculateHost(t, gwAddr, "http"),
-		Path:   fmt.Sprintf("/status/%d", statusCode),
+		Path:   path,
 	}
 
 	rsp, err := http.Get(reqURL.String())