diff --git a/scripts/travis-functest.sh b/scripts/travis-functest.sh
index 7322baf4a..bb5975c21 100755
--- a/scripts/travis-functest.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-functest.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ sudo scripts/minikube.sh create-block-pool
 # pull docker images to speed up e2e
 sudo scripts/minikube.sh cephcsi
 sudo scripts/minikube.sh k8s-sidecar
+# install snapshot controller
+scripts/install-snapshot.sh install
 sudo chown -R travis: "$HOME"/.minikube /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 # functional tests
 go test github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/e2e --deploy-timeout=10 -timeout=30m --cephcsi-namespace=cephcsi-e2e-$RANDOM -v -mod=vendor
 
+scripts/install-snapshot.sh cleanup
 sudo scripts/minikube.sh clean
diff --git a/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh b/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
index 4741cc577..7b60eff63 100755
--- a/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ sudo chown -R travis: "$HOME"/.minikube /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 NAMESPACE=cephcsi-e2e-$RANDOM
 # create ns for e2e
 kubectl create ns ${NAMESPACE}
+# install snapshot controller
+scripts/install-snapshot.sh install
 # set up helm
 scripts/install-helm.sh up
 # install cephcsi helm charts
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ scripts/install-helm.sh install-cephcsi ${NAMESPACE}
 go test github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/e2e -mod=vendor --deploy-timeout=10 -timeout=30m --cephcsi-namespace=${NAMESPACE} --deploy-cephfs=false --deploy-rbd=false -v
 
 #cleanup
+scripts/install-snapshot.sh cleanup
 scripts/install-helm.sh cleanup-cephcsi ${NAMESPACE}
 scripts/install-helm.sh clean
 kubectl delete ns ${NAMESPACE}