diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go b/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go
index 537d59c3224..40cf4db53b4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pod/wait.go
@@ -868,3 +868,18 @@ func WaitForContainerTerminated(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, name
 		return false, nil
 	})
 }
+
+// WaitForContainerRestartedNTimes waits for the given Pod container to have restarted N times
+func WaitForContainerRestartedNTimes(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, namespace, podName, containerName string, timeout time.Duration, target int) error {
+	conditionDesc := fmt.Sprintf("container %s restarted %d times", containerName, target)
+	return WaitForPodCondition(ctx, c, namespace, podName, conditionDesc, timeout, func(pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
+		for _, statuses := range [][]v1.ContainerStatus{pod.Status.ContainerStatuses, pod.Status.InitContainerStatuses, pod.Status.EphemeralContainerStatuses} {
+			for _, cs := range statuses {
+				if cs.Name == containerName {
+					return cs.RestartCount >= int32(target), nil
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/container_restart_test.go b/test/e2e_node/container_restart_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..631d29e3bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e_node/container_restart_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package e2enode
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
+
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
+
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+	kubeletevents "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/events"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/feature"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
+	admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"
+)
+
+var _ = SIGDescribe("Container Restart", feature.CriProxy, framework.WithSerial(), func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("container-restart")
+	f.NamespacePodSecurityLevel = admissionapi.LevelPrivileged
+
+	ginkgo.Context("Container restart backs off", func() {
+
+		ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
+			if err := resetCRIProxyInjector(e2eCriProxy); err != nil {
+				ginkgo.Skip("Skip the test since the CRI Proxy is undefined.")
+			}
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
+			err := resetCRIProxyInjector(e2eCriProxy)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.It("Container restart backs off.", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			// 3 would take 10s best case, 6 would take 150s best case
+			doTest(ctx, f, 5, time.Duration(80*time.Second), time.Duration(10*time.Second))
+		})
+	})
+
+	ginkgo.Context("Alternate container restart backs off as expected", func() {
+
+		tempSetCurrentKubeletConfig(f, func(ctx context.Context, initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) {
+			initialConfig.CrashLoopBackOff.MaxContainerRestartPeriod = &metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Duration(30 * time.Second)}
+			initialConfig.FeatureGates = map[string]bool{"KubeletCrashLoopBackOffMax": true}
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
+			if err := resetCRIProxyInjector(e2eCriProxy); err != nil {
+				ginkgo.Skip("Skip the test since the CRI Proxy is undefined.")
+			}
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
+			err := resetCRIProxyInjector(e2eCriProxy)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.It("Alternate restart backs off.", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			doTest(ctx, f, 7, time.Duration(120*time.Second), time.Duration(10*time.Second))
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+func doTest(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, maxRestarts int, target time.Duration, threshold time.Duration) {
+
+	pod := e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Create(ctx, newFailAlwaysPod())
+	podErr := e2epod.WaitForPodContainerToFail(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name, 0, "CrashLoopBackOff", 1*time.Minute)
+	gomega.Expect(podErr).To(gomega.HaveOccurred())
+
+	// Wait for 120s worth of backoffs to occur so we can confirm the backoff growth.
+	podErr = e2epod.WaitForContainerRestartedNTimes(ctx, f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, pod.Name, "restart", 150*time.Second, maxRestarts)
+	gomega.Expect(podErr).ShouldNot(gomega.HaveOccurred(), "Expected container to repeatedly back off container failures")
+
+	d, err := getContainerRetryDuration(ctx, f, pod.Name)
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+	gomega.Expect(d).Should(gomega.BeNumerically("~", target, threshold))
+}
+
+func getContainerRetryDuration(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, podName string) (time.Duration, error) {
+
+	var d time.Duration
+	e, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Events(f.Namespace.Name).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return d, err
+	}
+
+	for _, event := range e.Items {
+		if event.InvolvedObject.Name == podName && event.Reason == kubeletevents.StartedContainer {
+			return event.LastTimestamp.Time.Sub(event.FirstTimestamp.Time), nil
+		}
+	}
+	return d, nil
+}
+
+func newFailAlwaysPod() *v1.Pod {
+	podName := "container-restart" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
+	pod := &v1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: podName,
+		},
+		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []v1.Container{
+				{
+					Name:            "restart",
+					Image:           imageutils.GetBusyBoxImageName(),
+					ImagePullPolicy: v1.PullAlways,
+					Command:         []string{"exit 1"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	return pod
+}
diff --git a/test/utils/image/manifest.go b/test/utils/image/manifest.go
index 2bc34b09292..a027e7892d8 100644
--- a/test/utils/image/manifest.go
+++ b/test/utils/image/manifest.go
@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ func GetPauseImageName() string {
 	return GetE2EImage(Pause)
 }
 
+// GetBusyBoxImageName returns the busybox image name with proper version
+func GetBusyBoxImageName() string {
+	return GetE2EImage(BusyBox)
+}
+
 // ReplaceRegistryInImageURL replaces the registry in the image URL with a custom one based
 // on the configured registries.
 func ReplaceRegistryInImageURL(imageURL string) (string, error) {