diff --git a/scylla/tests/ccm_integration/main.rs b/scylla/tests/ccm_integration/main.rs
index 0139d795d..7c1beb368 100644
--- a/scylla/tests/ccm_integration/main.rs
+++ b/scylla/tests/ccm_integration/main.rs
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 mod common;
 
 pub(crate) mod ccm;
+mod retry_policies;
 mod test_example;
diff --git a/scylla/tests/ccm_integration/retry_policies.rs b/scylla/tests/ccm_integration/retry_policies.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e16f93773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scylla/tests/ccm_integration/retry_policies.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Instant;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+
+use scylla::client::execution_profile::ExecutionProfile;
+use scylla::client::session::Session;
+use scylla::policies::retry::DowngradingConsistencyRetryPolicy;
+use scylla::statement::Consistency;
+
+use crate::ccm::cluster::{Cluster, ClusterOptions};
+use crate::ccm::{run_ccm_test, CLUSTER_VERSION};
+use crate::common::utils::setup_tracing;
+
+fn cluster_config() -> ClusterOptions {
+    ClusterOptions {
+        name: "ccm_retry_policies".to_string(),
+        version: CLUSTER_VERSION.clone(),
+        nodes: vec![3],
+        ..ClusterOptions::default()
+    }
+}
+
+async fn cql_read_cl_all(session: &Session) {
+    let cql = "SELECT range_end FROM system_distributed_everywhere.cdc_generation_descriptions_v2";
+    for is_idempotent in [false, true] {
+        let mut prep_stmt = session.prepare(cql).await.unwrap();
+        prep_stmt.set_is_idempotent(is_idempotent);
+        prep_stmt.set_retry_policy(Some(Arc::new(DowngradingConsistencyRetryPolicy::new())));
+        prep_stmt.set_consistency(Consistency::All);
+        session
+            .execute_unpaged(&prep_stmt, &[])
+            .await
+            .expect("failed to execute CL=ALL read query");
+    }
+}
+
+async fn get_alive_nodes_number(session: &Session) -> usize {
+    let cluster_state = session.get_cluster_state();
+    let alive_nodes: HashSet<_> = cluster_state
+        .get_nodes_info()
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|node| node.is_connected())
+        .map(|node| node.address)
+        .collect();
+    alive_nodes.len()
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[ntest::timeout(30000)]
+#[cfg_attr(not(ccm_tests), ignore)]
+async fn test_downgrading_cl_dbnode_unavailable() {
+    // NOTE: whole test takes 15-20 seconds
+    setup_tracing();
+    async fn test(cluster: Arc<Mutex<Cluster>>) {
+        let handle = ExecutionProfile::builder()
+            .retry_policy(Arc::new(DowngradingConsistencyRetryPolicy::new()))
+            .consistency(Consistency::All)
+            .build()
+            .into_handle();
+        let cluster = cluster.lock().await;
+        let session = cluster
+            .make_session_builder()
+            .await
+            .default_execution_profile_handle(handle)
+            .build()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        cql_read_cl_all(&session).await;
+        let target_node = cluster.nodes().iter().next();
+
+        let alive_nodes_num = get_alive_nodes_number(&session).await;
+        let all_nodes_num: usize = cluster_config().nodes.iter().map(|&n| n as usize).sum();
+        assert_eq!(all_nodes_num, alive_nodes_num);
+
+        println!("Going to stop first node");
+        target_node
+            .expect("failed to get DB node")
+            .write()
+            .await
+            .stop(None)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // NOTE: make sure we have "ALL-1" active DB nodes
+        let alive_nodes_num_after_stop = get_alive_nodes_number(&session).await;
+        assert_eq!(all_nodes_num, alive_nodes_num_after_stop + 1);
+
+        // NOTE: make a CL=ALL query, it should succeed having "ALL-1" alive nodes
+        cql_read_cl_all(&session).await;
+
+        println!("Going to start first node");
+        target_node
+            .expect("failed to get DB node")
+            .write()
+            .await
+            .start(None)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // NOTE: wait while driver detects the node availability back again.
+        //       During the test development the waiting loop was taking ~1.2s
+        let loop_start_time = Instant::now();
+        loop {
+            let alive_nodes_num_after_start = get_alive_nodes_number(&session).await;
+            if alive_nodes_num_after_start == all_nodes_num {
+                break;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+        }
+        println!(
+            "Waiting for the node availability took {:#?}",
+            Instant::now() - loop_start_time
+        );
+    }
+    run_ccm_test(cluster_config, test).await;
+}