diff --git a/documentation/seeding-pods.md b/documentation/seeding-pods.md
index cdd505d94..a5f519641 100644
--- a/documentation/seeding-pods.md
+++ b/documentation/seeding-pods.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ For example:
 You may optionally specify other parameters 
 as described in the [Identity Provider documentation](./identity-provider.md#json-api).
 
-For example, to use a pre-existing WebID:
+For example, to set up a pod without registering the generated WebID with the Identity Provider:
 ```json
 [
   {
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ For example, to use a pre-existing WebID:
     "email": "hello@example.com",
     "password": "abc123",
     "webId": "https://pod.inrupt.com/example/profile/card#me",
-    "createWebId": false
+    "register": false
   }
 ]
 ```
+
+This feature cannot be used to register pods with pre-existing WebIDs,
+which requires an interactive validation step.
diff --git a/test/integration/SeedingPods.test.ts b/test/integration/SeedingPods.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..349739fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/SeedingPods.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import fetch from 'cross-fetch';
+import { outputJson } from 'fs-extra';
+import type { App } from '../../src/init/App';
+import { joinFilePath, joinUrl } from '../../src/util/PathUtil';
+import { getPort } from '../util/Util';
+import { getDefaultVariables, getTestConfigPath, getTestFolder, instantiateFromConfig, removeFolder } from './Config';
+
+const port = getPort('SeedingPods');
+const baseUrl = `http://localhost:${port}/`;
+
+const rootFilePath = getTestFolder('seeding-pods');
+
+describe('A server with seeded pods', (): void => {
+  const seedingJson = joinFilePath(rootFilePath, 'pods.json');
+  let app: App;
+
+  beforeAll(async(): Promise<void> => {
+    // Create seeding config
+    await outputJson(seedingJson, [
+      {
+        podName: 'alice',
+        email: 'alice@example.com',
+        password: 'alice-password',
+      },
+      {
+        podName: 'bob',
+        email: 'bob@example.com',
+        password: 'bob-password',
+        register: false,
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    const variables = {
+      ...getDefaultVariables(port, baseUrl),
+      'urn:solid-server:default:variable:seededPodConfigJson': seedingJson,
+    };
+
+    const instances = await instantiateFromConfig(
+      'urn:solid-server:test:Instances',
+      getTestConfigPath('server-memory.json'),
+      variables,
+    ) as Record<string, any>;
+    ({ app } = instances);
+    await app.start();
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async(): Promise<void> => {
+    await app.stop();
+    await removeFolder(rootFilePath);
+  });
+
+  it('has created the requested pods.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    let response = await fetch(joinUrl(baseUrl, 'alice/profile/card#me'));
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    response = await fetch(joinUrl(baseUrl, 'bob/profile/card#me'));
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/util/Util.ts b/test/util/Util.ts
index 9e89229fd..d6ed25f25 100644
--- a/test/util/Util.ts
+++ b/test/util/Util.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const portNames = [
   'PodQuota',
   'RedisResourceLocker',
   'RestrictedIdentity',
+  'SeedingPods',
   'ServerFetch',
   'SetupMemory',
   'SparqlStorage',