diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/IndexResolutionIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/IndexResolutionIT.java
index c711a99344102..f50091e164086 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/IndexResolutionIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/IndexResolutionIT.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.datastreams.DataStreamsPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexNotFoundException;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchAllQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.MatchNoneQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.VerificationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.action.AbstractEsqlIntegTestCase;
@@ -96,11 +98,24 @@ public void testResolvesPattern() {
         }
     }
 
-    public void testDoesNotResolveMissingIndex() {
+    public void testResolvesExclusionPattern() {
+        assertAcked(client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("index-1"));
+        indexRandom(true, "index-1", 1);
+        assertAcked(client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("index-2"));
+        indexRandom(true, "index-2", 1);
+
+        try (var response = run(syncEsqlQueryRequest().query("FROM index*,-index-2 METADATA _index"))) {
+            assertOk(response);
+            assertResultConcreteIndices(response, "index-1");// excludes concrete index from pattern
+        }
+        try (var response = run(syncEsqlQueryRequest().query("FROM index*,-*2 METADATA _index"))) {
+            assertOk(response);
+            assertResultConcreteIndices(response, "index-1");// excludes pattern from pattern
+        }
         expectThrows(
             VerificationException.class,
-            containsString("Unknown index [no-such-index]"),
-            () -> run(syncEsqlQueryRequest().query("FROM no-such-index"))
+            containsString("Unknown index [index-*,-*]"),
+            () -> run(syncEsqlQueryRequest().query("FROM index-*,-* METADATA _index")) // exclude all resolves to empty
         );
     }
 
@@ -120,6 +135,14 @@ public void testDoesNotResolveEmptyPattern() {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testDoesNotResolveUnknownIndex() {
+        expectThrows(
+            VerificationException.class,
+            containsString("Unknown index [no-such-index]"),
+            () -> run(syncEsqlQueryRequest().query("FROM no-such-index"))
+        );
+    }
+
     public void testDoesNotResolveClosedIndex() {
         assertAcked(client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("index-1"));
         indexRandom(true, "index-1", 1);
@@ -219,6 +242,20 @@ public void testPartialResolution() {
         );
     }
 
+    public void testResolutionWithFilter() {
+        assertAcked(client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("data"));
+        indexRandom(true, "data", 1);
+
+        try (var response = run(syncEsqlQueryRequest().query("FROM data METADATA _index").filter(new MatchAllQueryBuilder()))) {
+            assertOk(response);
+            assertResultConcreteIndices(response, "data");
+        }
+        try (var response = run(syncEsqlQueryRequest().query("FROM data METADATA _index").filter(new MatchNoneQueryBuilder()))) {
+            assertOk(response);
+            assertResultConcreteIndices(response);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static void assertOk(EsqlQueryResponse response) {
         assertThat(response.isPartial(), equalTo(false));
     }