diff --git a/test/e2e/common.go b/test/e2e/common.go
index 896a1d9f6d92..b82111cd3288 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ const (
 	KubernetesVersion            = "KUBERNETES_VERSION"
 	CNIPath                      = "CNI"
 	CNIResources                 = "CNI_RESOURCES"
+	CNIPath2                      = "CNI2"
+	CNIResources2                 = "CNI_RESOURCES2"
 	KubernetesVersionUpgradeFrom = "KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_FROM"
 	KubernetesVersionUpgradeTo   = "KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO"
 	EtcdVersionUpgradeTo         = "ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO"
diff --git a/test/e2e/config/docker-dev.yaml b/test/e2e/config/docker-dev.yaml
index bd9775a2c9d7..a3c0e925ef57 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/docker-dev.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/docker-dev.yaml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ variables:
   DOCKER_POD_CIDRS: "192.168.0.0/16"
   #CNI: "./data/cni/calico/calico.yaml"
   CNI: "./data/cni/kindnet/kindnet.yaml"
+  CNI2: "./data/cni/kindnet/kindnet2.yaml"
   EXP_CLUSTER_RESOURCE_SET: "true"
 
 intervals:
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/cni/kindnet/kindnet2.yaml b/test/e2e/data/cni/kindnet/kindnet2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8995ca640348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/data/cni/kindnet/kindnet2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# kindnetd networking manifest
+---
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: kindnet
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - policy
+    resources:
+      - podsecuritypolicies
+    verbs:
+      - use
+    resourceNames:
+      - kindnet
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - nodes
+    verbs:
+      - list
+      - watch
+---
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: kindnet
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: kindnet
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: kindnet
+    namespace: kube-system
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: kindnet
+  namespace: kube-system
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: kindnet
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    tier: node
+    app: kindnet
+    k8s-app: kindnet
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: kindnet
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        tier: node
+        app: kindnet
+        k8s-app: kindnet
+    spec:
+      hostNetwork: true
+      tolerations:
+        - operator: Exists
+          effect: NoSchedule
+      serviceAccountName: kindnet
+      containers:
+        - name: kindnet-cni
+          image: kindest/kindnetd:0.5.4
+          env:
+            - name: HOST_IP
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: status.hostIP
+            - name: POD_IP
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: status.podIP
+            - name: POD_SUBNET
+              value: "192.168.0.0/16"
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: cni-cfg
+              mountPath: /etc/cni/net.d
+            - name: xtables-lock
+              mountPath: /run/xtables.lock
+              readOnly: false
+            - name: lib-modules
+              mountPath: /lib/modules
+              readOnly: true
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "50Mi"
+            limits:
+              cpu: "100m"
+              memory: "50Mi"
+          securityContext:
+            privileged: false
+            capabilities:
+              add: ["NET_RAW", "NET_ADMIN"]
+      volumes:
+        - name: cni-cfg
+          hostPath:
+            path: /etc/cni/net.d
+        - name: xtables-lock
+          hostPath:
+            path: /run/xtables.lock
+            type: FileOrCreate
+        - name: lib-modules
+          hostPath:
+            path: /lib/modules
+---
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/cluster-template.yaml b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/cluster-template.yaml
index ce66062a76e1..8d998d9be6ea 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/cluster-template.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/infrastructure-docker/cluster-template.yaml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: "cni-${CLUSTER_NAME}-crs-0"
-data: ${CNI_RESOURCES}
+data: ${CNI_RESOURCES2}
 ---
 apiVersion: addons.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha3
 kind: ClusterResourceSet
diff --git a/test/e2e/quick_start.go b/test/e2e/quick_start.go
index 5faea5972c6c..65d8f5c261ea 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quick_start.go
+++ b/test/e2e/quick_start.go
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ package e2e
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
@@ -72,6 +71,10 @@ func QuickStartSpec(ctx context.Context, inputGetter func() QuickStartSpecInput)
 
 		By("Creating a workload cluster")
 
+		// Read CNI file and set CNI_RESOURCES environmental variable
+		Expect(input.E2EConfig.Variables).To(HaveKey(CNIPath2), "Missing %s variable in the config", CNIPath2)
+		clusterctl.SetCNIEnvVar(input.E2EConfig.GetVariable(CNIPath2), CNIResources2)
+
 		cluster, _, _ = clusterctl.ApplyClusterTemplateAndWait(ctx, clusterctl.ApplyClusterTemplateAndWaitInput{
 			ClusterProxy: input.BootstrapClusterProxy,
 			ConfigCluster: clusterctl.ConfigClusterInput{