diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/common.go b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/common.go
index 9659403ec4..32ba262b17 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/common.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/common.go
@@ -138,7 +138,14 @@ func (d *deployer) featureFlags() string {
 		"+SpecOverrideFlag",
 		"+AlphaAllowGCE",
 	}
-	return strings.Join(ff, ",")
+	val := strings.Join(ff, ",")
+	for _, env := range d.Env {
+		e := strings.Split(env, "=")
+		if e[0] == "KOPS_FEATURE_FLAGS" && len(e) > 1 {
+			val = fmt.Sprintf("%v,", e[1])
+		}
+	}
+	return val
 }
 
 // defaultClusterName returns a kops cluster name to use when ClusterName is not set