diff --git a/src/SeqCli/Cli/Commands/Sample/IngestCommand.cs b/src/SeqCli/Cli/Commands/Sample/IngestCommand.cs
index 19171ecb..251c00a0 100644
--- a/src/SeqCli/Cli/Commands/Sample/IngestCommand.cs
+++ b/src/SeqCli/Cli/Commands/Sample/IngestCommand.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class IngestCommand : Command
     readonly BatchSizeFeature _batchSize;
 
     bool _quiet;
+    bool _setup;
     int _simulations = 1;
 
     public IngestCommand(SeqConnectionFactory connectionFactory)
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public IngestCommand(SeqConnectionFactory connectionFactory)
         _connection = Enable<ConnectionFeature>();
 
         Options.Add("quiet", "Don't echo ingested events to `STDOUT`", _ => _quiet = true);
+        Options.Add("setup", "Configure sample dashboards, signals, users, and so on before starting ingestion", _ => _setup = true);
         Options.Add("simulations=", "Number of concurrent simulations to run; the default runs a single simulation",
             v => _simulations = int.Parse(v));
             
@@ -51,14 +53,27 @@ protected override async Task<int> Run()
     {
         var (url, apiKey) = _connectionFactory.GetConnectionDetails(_connection);
         var batchSize = _batchSize.Value;
-            
-        if (!_confirm.TryConfirm($"This will send sample events to the Seq server at {url}."))
-        {
+
+        if (!_confirm.TryConfirm(_setup
+            ? $"This will apply sample configuration and send sample events to the Seq server at {url}."
+            : $"This will send sample events to the Seq server at {url}."
+        )) {
             await Console.Error.WriteLineAsync("Canceled by user.");
             return 1;
         }
 
         var connection = _connectionFactory.Connect(_connection);
+
+        if (_setup)
+        {
+            var setupResult = await SetupCommand.ImportTemplates(connection);
+
+            if (setupResult != 0)
+            {
+                return setupResult;
+            }
+        }
+
         var simulations = Enumerable.Range(0, _simulations)
             .Select(_ => Simulation.RunAsync(connection, apiKey, batchSize, echoToStdout: !_quiet))
             .ToList();
diff --git a/src/SeqCli/Cli/Commands/Sample/SetupCommand.cs b/src/SeqCli/Cli/Commands/Sample/SetupCommand.cs
index 8905c97c..e801ca10 100644
--- a/src/SeqCli/Cli/Commands/Sample/SetupCommand.cs
+++ b/src/SeqCli/Cli/Commands/Sample/SetupCommand.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 using SeqCli.Templates.Ast;
 using SeqCli.Templates.Import;
 using SeqCli.Util;
+using Seq.Api;
 
 // ReSharper disable once UnusedType.Global
 
@@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ protected override async Task<int> Run()
             return 1;
         }
 
+        return await ImportTemplates(connection);
+    }
+
+    internal static async Task<int> ImportTemplates(SeqConnection connection)
+    {
         var templateArgs = new Dictionary<string, JsonTemplate>();
         templateArgs["ownerId"] = new JsonTemplateNull();
 
diff --git a/test/SeqCli.EndToEnd/Sample/SampleIngestTestCase.cs b/test/SeqCli.EndToEnd/Sample/SampleIngestTestCase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06e5020e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/SeqCli.EndToEnd/Sample/SampleIngestTestCase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Seq.Api;
+using SeqCli.EndToEnd.Support;
+using Serilog;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SeqCli.EndToEnd.Sample;
+
+public class SampleIngestTestCase : ICliTestCase
+{
+    public async Task ExecuteAsync(SeqConnection connection, ILogger logger, CliCommandRunner runner)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            runner.Exec("sample ingest", "--setup --confirm", timeout: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Ignored
+        }
+
+        var events = await connection.Events.ListAsync();
+        Assert.NotEmpty(events);
+
+        var sampleWorkspace = (await connection.Workspaces.ListAsync(shared: true))
+            .SingleOrDefault(w => w.Title == "Sample");
+
+        Assert.NotNull(sampleWorkspace);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/SeqCli.EndToEnd/Support/CliCommandRunner.cs b/test/SeqCli.EndToEnd/Support/CliCommandRunner.cs
index 0ee0c4b6..f7853d02 100644
--- a/test/SeqCli.EndToEnd/Support/CliCommandRunner.cs
+++ b/test/SeqCli.EndToEnd/Support/CliCommandRunner.cs
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ public class CliCommandRunner(TestConfiguration configuration)
         
     public ITestProcess? LastRunProcess { get; private set; }
 
-    public int Exec(string command, string? args = null, bool disconnected = false)
+    public int Exec(string command, string? args = null, bool disconnected = false, TimeSpan? timeout = null)
     {
         using var process = configuration.SpawnCliProcess(command, args, skipServerArg: disconnected);
         LastRunProcess = process;
-        return process.WaitForExit(DefaultExecTimeout);
+        return process.WaitForExit(timeout ?? DefaultExecTimeout);
     }
 }
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