diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index c19978874c..3925c98bc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ jobs:
           kubectl get pods -n kyverno
           ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/scripts/verify-deployment.sh -n kyverno  kyverno
           sleep 20
+          echo ">>> Expose the Kyverno's service's metric server to the host"
+          kubectl port-forward svc/kyverno-svc -n kyverno 8000:8000 &
           echo ">>> Run Kyverno e2e test"
           make test-e2e
           kubectl delete -f ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/definitions/install.yaml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 486257c320..22e7a38426 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ code-cov-report: $(CODE_COVERAGE_FILE_TXT)
 # Test E2E
 test-e2e:
 	$(eval export E2E="ok")
+	go test ./test/e2e/metrics -v
 	go test ./test/e2e/mutate -v
 	go test ./test/e2e/generate -v
 	$(eval export E2E="")
diff --git a/cmd/kyverno/main.go b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
index 68e8490b04..c07adc6ab0 100755
--- a/cmd/kyverno/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ var (
 
 	profile              bool
 	disableMetricsExport bool
-	policyReport         bool
 
 	policyControllerResyncPeriod time.Duration
 	setupLog                     = log.Log.WithName("setup")
diff --git a/test/e2e/metrics/metrics_test.go b/test/e2e/metrics/metrics_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edb416280e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/test/e2e"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Test_MetricsServerAvailability(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterTestingT(t)
+	if os.Getenv("E2E") == "" {
+		t.Skip("Skipping E2E Test")
+	}
+	requestObj := e2e.APIRequest{
+		URL:  "http://localhost:8000/metrics",
+		Type: "GET",
+	}
+	response, err := e2e.CallAPI(requestObj)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	Expect(response.StatusCode).To(Equal(200))
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/utils.go b/test/e2e/utils.go
index b832756a80..df372ab352 100644
--- a/test/e2e/utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/utils.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,6 +21,12 @@ type E2EClient struct {
 	Client dynamic.Interface
 }
 
+type APIRequest struct {
+	URL  string
+	Type string
+	Body io.Reader
+}
+
 // NewE2EClient returns a new instance of E2EClient
 func NewE2EClient() (*E2EClient, error) {
 	kubeconfig := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG")
@@ -124,3 +133,29 @@ func (e2e *E2EClient) CreateClusteredResourceYaml(gvr schema.GroupVersionResourc
 	result, err := e2e.CreateClusteredResource(gvr, &resource)
 	return result, err
 }
+
+func CallAPI(request APIRequest) (*http.Response, error) {
+	var response *http.Response
+	switch request.Type {
+	case "GET":
+		resp, err := http.Get(request.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error occurred while calling %s: %w", request.URL, err)
+		}
+		response = resp
+	case "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH":
+		req, err := http.NewRequest(string(request.Type), request.URL, request.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error occurred while calling %s: %w", request.URL, err)
+		}
+		resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error occurred while calling %s: %w", request.URL, err)
+		}
+		response = resp
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error occurred while calling %s: wrong request type found", request.URL)
+	}
+
+	return response, nil
+}