diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/common.go b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/common.go
index 32ba262b17..9248936a2b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/common.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/common.go
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ func (d *deployer) initialize() error {
 	if d.SSHPublicKeyPath == "" {
 		d.SSHPublicKeyPath = os.Getenv("AWS_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY_FILE")
 	}
+	if d.SSHUser == "" {
+		d.SSHUser = os.Getenv("KUBE_SSH_USER")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/deployer.go b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/deployer.go
index 92ab1a1009..f401051365 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/deployer.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/deployer.go
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ type deployer struct {
 
 	KubernetesVersion string `flag:"kubernetes-version" desc:"The kubernetes version to use in the cluster"`
 
-	SSHPrivateKeyPath string   `flag:"ssh-private-key" desc:"The path to the private key used for SSH access to instances"`
-	SSHPublicKeyPath  string   `flag:"ssh-public-key" desc:"The path to the public key passed to the cloud provider"`
-	SSHUser           []string `flag:"ssh-user" desc:"The SSH users to use for SSH access to instances"`
+	SSHPrivateKeyPath string `flag:"ssh-private-key" desc:"The path to the private key used for SSH access to instances"`
+	SSHPublicKeyPath  string `flag:"ssh-public-key" desc:"The path to the public key passed to the cloud provider"`
+	SSHUser           string `flag:"ssh-user" desc:"The SSH user to use for SSH access to instances"`
 
 	ArtifactsDir string `flag:"-"`
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/dumplogs.go b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/dumplogs.go
index a9b1b42248..fb127bf557 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/dumplogs.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/dumplogs.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func (d *deployer) DumpClusterLogs() error {
 		"--name", d.ClusterName,
 		"--dir", d.ArtifactsDir,
 		"--private-key", d.SSHPrivateKeyPath,
+		"--ssh-user", d.SSHUser,
 	}
 	klog.Info(strings.Join(args, " "))
 	cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)