diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15b10f7a7..56814fca4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ IMAGE_TAG_NAME := $(VERSION)
 IMAGE_REPO := $(IMAGE_REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
 IMAGE_TAG := $(IMAGE_REPO):$(IMAGE_TAG_NAME)
 K8S_NAMESPACE := kube-system
+KUBECONFIG :=
 
 yaml_templates := $(wildcard *.yaml.template)
 yaml_instances := $(patsubst %.yaml.template,%.yaml,$(yaml_templates))
@@ -43,5 +44,9 @@ mock:
 test:
 	go test ./cmd/... ./pkg/...
 
+e2e-test:
+	dep ensure -v
+	go test -v ./test/e2e/ -args -nfd.repo=$(IMAGE_REPO) -nfd.tag=$(IMAGE_TAG_NAME) -kubeconfig=$(KUBECONFIG)
+
 push:
 	$(IMAGE_PUSH_CMD) $(IMAGE_TAG)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93ac38597..653bebfdd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ name of the resulting container image.
 | IMAGE_REPO             | Container image repository to use            | <IMAGE_REGISTRY>/<IMAGE_NAME>
 | IMAGE_TAG              | Full image:tag to tag the image with         | <IMAGE_REPO>/<IMAGE_NAME>
 | K8S_NAMESPACE          | nfd-master and nfd-worker namespace          | kube-system
+| KUBECONFIG             | Kubeconfig for running e2e-tests             | *empty*
 
 For example, to use a custom registry:
 ```