diff --git a/lib/smart_proxy_container_gateway/container_gateway_api.rb b/lib/smart_proxy_container_gateway/container_gateway_api.rb
index 9d47371..af796d7 100644
--- a/lib/smart_proxy_container_gateway/container_gateway_api.rb
+++ b/lib/smart_proxy_container_gateway/container_gateway_api.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@ class Api < ::Sinatra::Base
       inject_attr :database_impl, :database
       inject_attr :container_gateway_main_impl, :container_gateway_main
 
+      get '/index/static/?' do
+        # TODO: filter out repositories that are not tied to the (optional) authenticated host
+        # host = <lookup host>
+        # catalog = host_catalog(host)
+
+        # pulp_response = container_gateway_main.flatpak_static_index(translated_headers_for_proxy, params)
+        # if pulp_response.code.to_i >= 400
+        #   status pulp_response.code.to_i
+        #   body pulp_response.body
+        # end
+
+        # pulp_index = JSON.parse(pulp_response.body)
+        # pulp_index["Results"].select! { |result| catalog.include?(result["Name"]) }
+
+        # status 200
+        # body pulp_index.to_json
+
+        pulp_response = container_gateway_main.flatpak_static_index(translated_headers_for_proxy, params)
+        status pulp_response.code.to_i
+        body pulp_response.body
+      end
+
       get '/v1/_ping/?' do
         pulp_response = container_gateway_main.ping(translated_headers_for_proxy)
         status pulp_response.code.to_i
diff --git a/lib/smart_proxy_container_gateway/container_gateway_main.rb b/lib/smart_proxy_container_gateway/container_gateway_main.rb
index b722a72..beb8a1b 100644
--- a/lib/smart_proxy_container_gateway/container_gateway_main.rb
+++ b/lib/smart_proxy_container_gateway/container_gateway_main.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'net/http'
 require 'uri'
 require 'digest'
+require 'erb'
 require 'smart_proxy_container_gateway/dependency_injection'
 require 'sequel'
 module Proxy
@@ -40,6 +41,14 @@ def pulp_registry_request(uri, headers)
         end
       end
 
+      def flatpak_static_index(headers, params = {})
+        uri = URI.parse("#{@pulp_endpoint}/pulpcore_registry/index/static")
+        unless params.empty?
+          uri.query = params.map { |k, v| "#{ERB::Util.url_encode(k.to_s)}=#{ERB::Util.url_encode(v.to_s)}" }.join('&')
+        end
+        pulp_registry_request(uri, headers)
+      end
+
       def ping(headers)
         uri = URI.parse("#{@pulp_endpoint}/pulpcore_registry/v2/")
         pulp_registry_request(uri, headers)
diff --git a/test/container_gateway_api_test.rb b/test/container_gateway_api_test.rb
index 63d0cc6..57a30d4 100644
--- a/test/container_gateway_api_test.rb
+++ b/test/container_gateway_api_test.rb
@@ -375,4 +375,56 @@ def test_handle_client_cert_auth_no_cert
     assert_equal 404, last_response.status
     assert_includes last_response.body, 'Repository name unknown'
   end
+
+  def test_flatpak_static_index_success
+    static_index_response = {
+      "Results" => [
+        { "Name" => "org.test.app", "Images" => [] },
+        { "Name" => "org.another.app", "Images" => [] }
+      ]
+    }
+
+    stub_request(:get, "#{::Proxy::ContainerGateway::Plugin.settings.pulp_endpoint}/pulpcore_registry/index/static").
+      to_return(:status => 200, :body => static_index_response.to_json)
+
+    get '/index/static'
+    assert last_response.ok?, "Last response was not ok: #{last_response.body}"
+    assert_equal static_index_response.to_json, last_response.body
+    assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+  end
+
+  def test_flatpak_static_index_with_params
+    static_index_response = {
+      "Results" => [
+        { "Name" => "org.test.app", "Images" => [] }
+      ]
+    }
+
+    stub_request(:get, "#{::Proxy::ContainerGateway::Plugin.settings.pulp_endpoint}" \
+                       "/pulpcore_registry/index/static?branch=stable&arch=x86_64").
+      to_return(:status => 200, :body => static_index_response.to_json)
+
+    get '/index/static?branch=stable&arch=x86_64'
+    assert last_response.ok?, "Last response was not ok: #{last_response.body}"
+    assert_equal static_index_response.to_json, last_response.body
+    assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+  end
+
+  def test_flatpak_static_index_error_response
+    stub_request(:get, "#{::Proxy::ContainerGateway::Plugin.settings.pulp_endpoint}/pulpcore_registry/index/static").
+      to_return(:status => 404, :body => '{"error": "not found"}')
+
+    get '/index/static'
+    assert_equal 404, last_response.status
+    assert_equal '{"error": "not found"}', last_response.body
+  end
+
+  def test_flatpak_static_index_server_error
+    stub_request(:get, "#{::Proxy::ContainerGateway::Plugin.settings.pulp_endpoint}/pulpcore_registry/index/static").
+      to_return(:status => 500, :body => '{"error": "internal server error"}')
+
+    get '/index/static'
+    assert_equal 500, last_response.status
+    assert_equal '{"error": "internal server error"}', last_response.body
+  end
 end