diff --git a/collect_app/src/androidTest/java/org/odk/collect/android/feature/formentry/ExternalSelectsTest.kt b/collect_app/src/androidTest/java/org/odk/collect/android/feature/formentry/ExternalSelectsTest.kt
index 35ab9601b82..1cb7abf7c82 100644
--- a/collect_app/src/androidTest/java/org/odk/collect/android/feature/formentry/ExternalSelectsTest.kt
+++ b/collect_app/src/androidTest/java/org/odk/collect/android/feature/formentry/ExternalSelectsTest.kt
@@ -56,4 +56,23 @@ class ExternalSelectsTest {
             .assertText("File: $formsDirPath/search_and_select-media/nombre.csv is missing.")
             .assertText("File: $formsDirPath/search_and_select-media/nombre2.csv is missing.")
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun dynamicChoicesCanBeMixedWithNumericInternalOnes() {
+        rule.startAtMainMenu()
+            .copyForm("dynamic_and_static_choices.xml", listOf("fruits.csv"))
+            .startBlankForm("dynamic_and_static_choices")
+            .assertTexts("Mango", "Oranges", "Strawberries", "None of the above")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun missingFileMessage_shouldBeDisplayedIfDynamicChoicesUsedButTheConfigurationRowIsMissing() {
+        val formsDirPath = StoragePathProvider().getOdkDirPath(StorageSubdirectory.FORMS)
+
+        rule.startAtMainMenu()
+            .copyForm("dynamic_and_static_choices.xml", listOf("fruits.csv"))
+            .startBlankForm("dynamic_and_static_choices")
+            .swipeToNextQuestion("Choose a number")
+            .assertText("File: $formsDirPath/dynamic_and_static_choices-media/numbers.csv is missing.")
+    }
 }
diff --git a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/dynamicpreload/ExternalDataUtil.java b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/dynamicpreload/ExternalDataUtil.java
index fddf9501431..28c3419fd5a 100644
--- a/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/dynamicpreload/ExternalDataUtil.java
+++ b/collect_app/src/main/java/org/odk/collect/android/dynamicpreload/ExternalDataUtil.java
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ public static ArrayList<SelectChoice> populateExternalChoices(FormEntryPrompt fo
             XPathFuncExpr xpathfuncexpr, FormController formController) throws FileNotFoundException {
         try {
             List<SelectChoice> selectChoices = formEntryPrompt.getSelectChoices();
+            if (!containsConfigurationChoice(selectChoices)) {
+                String filePath = getFilePath(xpathfuncexpr, formController);
+                throw new FileNotFoundException(filePath);
+            }
             ArrayList<SelectChoice> returnedChoices = new ArrayList<>();
             for (SelectChoice selectChoice : selectChoices) {
                 String value = selectChoice.getValue();
@@ -212,14 +216,7 @@ public static ArrayList<SelectChoice> populateExternalChoices(FormEntryPrompt fo
             }
             return returnedChoices;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            String fileName = String.valueOf(xpathfuncexpr.args[0].eval(null, null));
-            if (!fileName.endsWith(".csv")) {
-                fileName = fileName + ".csv";
-            }
-            String filePath = fileName;
-            if (formController != null) {
-                filePath = formController.getMediaFolder() + File.separator + fileName;
-            }
+            String filePath = getFilePath(xpathfuncexpr, formController);
             if (!new File(filePath).exists()) {
                 throw new FileNotFoundException(filePath);
             }
@@ -345,4 +342,30 @@ public static boolean isAnInteger(String value) {
             return false;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The config row is a special row in the choices worksheet that defines how
+     * choices are mapped from an external .csv file with list_name, name and label,
+     * where these correspond to columns in the .csv file.
+     */
+    private static boolean containsConfigurationChoice(List<SelectChoice> selectChoices) {
+        for (SelectChoice choice : selectChoices) {
+            if (!isAnInteger(choice.getValue())) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static String getFilePath(XPathFuncExpr xpathfuncexpr, FormController formController) {
+        String fileName = String.valueOf(xpathfuncexpr.args[0].eval(null, null));
+        if (!fileName.endsWith(".csv")) {
+            fileName = fileName + ".csv";
+        }
+        String filePath = fileName;
+        if (formController != null) {
+            filePath = formController.getMediaFolder() + File.separator + fileName;
+        }
+        return filePath;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test-forms/src/main/resources/forms/dynamic_and_static_choices.xml b/test-forms/src/main/resources/forms/dynamic_and_static_choices.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f51e75fd3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-forms/src/main/resources/forms/dynamic_and_static_choices.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<h:html
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
+    xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+    xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events"
+    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:jr="http://openrosa.org/javarosa"
+    xmlns:orx="http://openrosa.org/xforms"
+    xmlns:odk="http://www.opendatakit.org/xforms">
+    <h:head>
+        <h:title>dynamic_and_static_choices</h:title>
+        <model odk:xforms-version="1.0.0">
+            <instance>
+                <data id="dynamic_and_static_choices">
+                    <fruits/>
+                    <numbers/>
+                    <meta>
+                        <instanceID/>
+                    </meta>
+                </data>
+            </instance>
+            <bind nodeset="/data/fruits" type="string"/>
+            <bind nodeset="/data/numbers" type="string"/>
+            <bind nodeset="/data/meta/instanceID" type="string" readonly="true()" jr:preload="uid"/>
+        </model>
+    </h:head>
+    <h:body>
+        <select1 ref="/data/fruits" appearance="search('fruits')">
+            <label>Choose a fruit</label>
+            <item>
+                <label>name</label>
+                <value>name_key</value>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+                <label>None of the above</label>
+                <value>0</value>
+            </item>
+        </select1>
+        <select1 ref="/data/numbers" appearance="search('numbers')">
+            <label>Choose a number</label>
+            <item>
+                <label>0</label>
+                <value>0</value>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+                <label>1</label>
+                <value>1</value>
+            </item>
+        </select1>
+    </h:body>
+</h:html>
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