diff --git a/build.env b/build.env
index 0f61dc800..c46fe27b3 100644
--- a/build.env
+++ b/build.env
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ CSI_IMAGE_VERSION=canary
 # cephcsi upgrade version
 CSI_UPGRADE_VERSION=v3.13.1
 
+# ceph-csi-operator version used for e2e test
+CEPH_CSI_OPERATOR_VERSION=v0.2.0
+
 # Ceph version to use
 BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/ceph/ceph:v19
 CEPH_VERSION=squid
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-ceph-csi-operator.sh b/scripts/deploy-ceph-csi-operator.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9db03d25e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy-ceph-csi-operator.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+#!/bin/bash -E
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+[ ! -e "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/utils.sh ] || source "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/utils.sh
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../build.env"
+
+CEPH_CSI_OPERATOR_VERSION=${CEPH_CSI_OPERATOR_VERSION:-"latest"}
+# Override version to "main" if it is "latest"
+if [ "$CEPH_CSI_OPERATOR_VERSION" = "latest" ]; then
+    CEPH_CSI_OPERATOR_VERSION="main"
+fi
+OPERATOR_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ceph/ceph-csi-operator/${CEPH_CSI_OPERATOR_VERSION}"
+
+# operator deployment files
+OPERATOR_INSTALL="${OPERATOR_URL}/deploy/all-in-one/install.yaml"
+
+OPERATOR_NAMESPACE="ceph-csi-operator-system"
+IMAGESET_CONFIGMAP_NAME="ceph-csi-imageset"
+ENCRYPTION_CONFIGMAP_NAME="ceph-csi-encryption-kms-config"
+
+# csi drivers
+RBD_DRIVER_NAME="rbd.csi.ceph.com"
+CEPHFS_DRIVER_NAME="cephfs.csi.ceph.com"
+NFS_DRIVER_NAME="nfs.csi.ceph.com"
+
+# k8s csi sidecar image
+K8S_IMAGE_REPO=${K8S_IMAGE_REPO:-"registry.k8s.io/sig-storage"}
+
+TEMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"' EXIT
+
+function generate_imageset_configmap() {
+    cat <<EOF >"${TEMP_DIR}/imageset-configmap.yaml"
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+    name: ${IMAGESET_CONFIGMAP_NAME}
+    namespace: ${OPERATOR_NAMESPACE}
+data:
+    "plugin": "quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:${CSI_IMAGE_VERSION}"  # test image
+    "attacher": "${K8S_IMAGE_REPO}/csi-attacher:${CSI_ATTACHER_VERSION}"
+    "snapshotter": "${K8S_IMAGE_REPO}/csi-snapshotter:${CSI_SNAPSHOTTER_VERSION}"
+    "provisioner": "${K8S_IMAGE_REPO}/csi-provisioner:${CSI_PROVISIONER_VERSION}"
+    "registrar": "${K8S_IMAGE_REPO}/csi-node-driver-registrar:${CSI_NODE_DRIVER_REGISTRAR_VERSION}"
+    "resizer": "${K8S_IMAGE_REPO}/csi-resizer:${CSI_RESIZER_VERSION}"
+EOF
+}
+
+function generate_encryption_configmap() {
+    cat <<EOF >"${TEMP_DIR}/encryption-configmap.yaml"
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  namespace: ${OPERATOR_NAMESPACE}
+  name: ${ENCRYPTION_CONFIGMAP_NAME}
+data:
+    config.json: ""
+EOF
+}
+
+function generate_operator_config() {
+    generate_imageset_configmap
+    generate_encryption_configmap
+
+    cat <<EOF >"${TEMP_DIR}/operatorconfig.yaml"
+apiVersion: csi.ceph.io/v1alpha1
+kind: OperatorConfig
+metadata:
+    name: ceph-csi-operator-config
+    namespace: ${OPERATOR_NAMESPACE}
+spec:
+    driverSpecDefaults:
+        snapshotPolicy: volumeGroupSnapshot
+        controllerPlugin:
+            deploymentStrategy:
+                type: Recreate
+        generateOMapInfo: true
+        enableMetadata: true
+        log:
+            verbosity: 5 # csi pods log level
+        imageSet:
+            name: ${IMAGESET_CONFIGMAP_NAME}
+        encryption:
+            configMapName:
+                name: ${ENCRYPTION_CONFIGMAP_NAME}
+    log:
+        verbosity: 3 # operator log level
+EOF
+}
+
+function generate_driver() {
+    local driver_name=$1
+    cat <<EOF >"${TEMP_DIR}/${driver_name}.yaml"
+apiVersion: csi.ceph.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Driver
+metadata:
+  name: ${driver_name}
+  namespace: ${OPERATOR_NAMESPACE}
+EOF
+}
+
+function deploy_operator() {
+    kubectl_retry create -f "${OPERATOR_INSTALL}"
+    generate_operator_config
+    generate_driver "${RBD_DRIVER_NAME}"
+    generate_driver "${CEPHFS_DRIVER_NAME}"
+    generate_driver "${NFS_DRIVER_NAME}"
+
+    # Display the contents of the generated files for debugging
+    for file in "${TEMP_DIR}"/*; do
+        cat "$file"
+        echo
+    done
+
+    # Apply all the generated files at once
+    kubectl_retry create -f "${TEMP_DIR}"
+}
+
+function cleanup() {
+    generate_driver "${RBD_DRIVER_NAME}"
+    generate_driver "${CEPHFS_DRIVER_NAME}"
+    generate_driver "${NFS_DRIVER_NAME}"
+    generate_operator_config
+
+    # Delete all the generated files at once
+    kubectl_retry delete -f "${TEMP_DIR}"
+    kubectl_retry delete -f "${OPERATOR_INSTALL}"
+}
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+deploy)
+    deploy_operator
+    ;;
+cleanup)
+    cleanup
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "Usage:" >&2
+    echo "  $0 deploy" >&2
+    echo "  $0 cleanup" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac