diff --git a/e2e/e2e_test.go b/e2e/e2e_test.go
index e4538788a..671029be2 100644
--- a/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&fileSystemName, "filesystem", "myfs", "CephFS filesystem to use")
 	flag.StringVar(&clusterID, "clusterid", "", "Ceph cluster ID to use (defaults to `ceph fsid` detection)")
 	flag.StringVar(&nfsDriverName, "nfs-driver", "nfs.csi.ceph.com", "name of the driver for NFS-volumes")
+	flag.BoolVar(&operatorDeployment, "operator-deployment", false, "test running on deployment via operator")
 	setDefaultKubeconfig()
 
 	// Register framework flags, then handle flags
diff --git a/e2e/utils.go b/e2e/utils.go
index 0e29f53c1..05ad46013 100644
--- a/e2e/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/utils.go
@@ -80,26 +80,27 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	// cli flags.
-	deployTimeout     int
-	deployCephFS      bool
-	deployRBD         bool
-	deployNFS         bool
-	testCephFS        bool
-	testCephFSFscrypt bool
-	testRBD           bool
-	testRBDFSCrypt    bool
-	testNBD           bool
-	testNFS           bool
-	helmTest          bool
-	upgradeTesting    bool
-	upgradeVersion    string
-	cephCSINamespace  string
-	rookNamespace     string
-	radosNamespace    string
-	poll              = 2 * time.Second
-	isOpenShift       bool
-	clusterID         string
-	nfsDriverName     string
+	deployTimeout      int
+	deployCephFS       bool
+	deployRBD          bool
+	deployNFS          bool
+	testCephFS         bool
+	testCephFSFscrypt  bool
+	testRBD            bool
+	testRBDFSCrypt     bool
+	testNBD            bool
+	testNFS            bool
+	helmTest           bool
+	upgradeTesting     bool
+	upgradeVersion     string
+	cephCSINamespace   string
+	rookNamespace      string
+	radosNamespace     string
+	poll               = 2 * time.Second
+	isOpenShift        bool
+	clusterID          string
+	nfsDriverName      string
+	operatorDeployment bool
 )
 
 type cephfsFilesystem struct {