diff --git a/test/e2e/lazy_activation_policy_test.go b/test/e2e/lazy_activation_policy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39b149c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/lazy_activation_policy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 The Karmada Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/rand"
+
+	policyv1alpha1 "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/test/e2e/framework"
+	testhelper "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/test/helper"
+)
+
+var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Lazy activation policy testing", func() {
+	ginkgo.Context("Policy created before resource testing", func() {
+		var policy *policyv1alpha1.PropagationPolicy
+		var deployment *appsv1.Deployment
+		var targetMember string
+
+		ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
+			targetMember = framework.ClusterNames()[0]
+			policyNamespace := testNamespace
+			policyName := deploymentNamePrefix + rand.String(RandomStrLength)
+
+			deployment = testhelper.NewDeployment(testNamespace, policyName)
+
+			policy = testhelper.NewLazyPropagationPolicy(policyNamespace, policyName, []policyv1alpha1.ResourceSelector{
+				{
+					APIVersion: deployment.APIVersion,
+					Kind:       deployment.Kind,
+					Name:       deployment.Name,
+				}}, policyv1alpha1.Placement{
+				ClusterAffinity: &policyv1alpha1.ClusterAffinity{
+					ClusterNames: []string{targetMember},
+				},
+			})
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
+			framework.CreatePropagationPolicy(karmadaClient, policy)
+			framework.CreateDeployment(kubeClient, deployment)
+			ginkgo.DeferCleanup(func() {
+				framework.RemoveDeployment(kubeClient, deployment.Namespace, deployment.Name)
+			})
+
+			framework.WaitDeploymentPresentOnClusterFitWith(targetMember, deployment.Namespace, deployment.Name,
+				func(deployment *appsv1.Deployment) bool { return true })
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.It("policy created before resource testing", func() {
+			framework.WaitDeploymentPresentOnClusterFitWith(targetMember, deployment.Namespace, deployment.Name,
+				func(deployment *appsv1.Deployment) bool { return true })
+			framework.RemovePropagationPolicy(karmadaClient, policy.Namespace, policy.Name)
+			framework.WaitDeploymentPresentOnClusterFitWith(targetMember, deployment.Namespace, deployment.Name,
+				func(deployment *appsv1.Deployment) bool { return true })
+		})
+	})
+})
diff --git a/test/helper/policy.go b/test/helper/policy.go
index 3d0a4afaf..0679f55d0 100644
--- a/test/helper/policy.go
+++ b/test/helper/policy.go
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ func NewPropagationPolicy(ns, name string, rsSelectors []policyv1alpha1.Resource
 	}
 }
 
+// NewLazyPropagationPolicy will build a PropagationPolicy object with Lazy activation.
+func NewLazyPropagationPolicy(ns, name string, rsSelectors []policyv1alpha1.ResourceSelector, placement policyv1alpha1.Placement) *policyv1alpha1.PropagationPolicy {
+	return &policyv1alpha1.PropagationPolicy{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: ns,
+			Name:      name,
+		},
+		Spec: policyv1alpha1.PropagationSpec{
+			ActivationPreference: policyv1alpha1.LazyActivation,
+			ResourceSelectors:    rsSelectors,
+			Placement:            placement,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 // NewExplicitPriorityPropagationPolicy will build a PropagationPolicy object with explicit priority.
 func NewExplicitPriorityPropagationPolicy(ns, name string, rsSelectors []policyv1alpha1.ResourceSelector,
 	placement policyv1alpha1.Placement, priority int32) *policyv1alpha1.PropagationPolicy {