diff --git a/test/e2e_node/BUILD b/test/e2e_node/BUILD
index 75250abdfb9..38ddb45f489 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e_node/BUILD
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ go_library(
     ] + select({
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:android": [
             "//pkg/util/procfs:go_default_library",
+            "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ go_library(
         ],
         "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/platform:linux": [
             "//pkg/util/procfs:go_default_library",
+            "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
             "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go b/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go
index 3376b5361bc..2c953f9e8a3 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
@@ -33,13 +36,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	coreclientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
+
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
-
-	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
 var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NodeProblemDetector [NodeFeature:NodeProblemDetector] [Serial]", func() {
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NodeProblemDetector [NodeFeature:NodeProblemDete
 				}
 				]
 			}`
+
 			ginkgo.By("Generate event list options")
 			selector := fields.Set{
 				"involvedObject.kind":      "Node",
@@ -160,24 +162,54 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NodeProblemDetector [NodeFeature:NodeProblemDete
 				"source":                   source,
 			}.AsSelector().String()
 			eventListOptions = metav1.ListOptions{FieldSelector: selector}
-			ginkgo.By("Create the test log file")
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
 			ginkgo.By("Create config map for the node problem detector")
 			_, err = c.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(ns).Create(context.TODO(), &v1.ConfigMap{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: configName},
 				Data:       map[string]string{path.Base(configFile): config},
 			}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+			ginkgo.By("Create the service account for node problem detector")
+			_, err = f.ClientSet.CoreV1().ServiceAccounts(f.Namespace.Name).Create(context.TODO(), &v1.ServiceAccount{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      name,
+					Namespace: ns,
+				},
+			}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+			ginkgo.By("Bind the cluster role system:node-problem-detector with the service account for node problem detector")
+			_, err = f.ClientSet.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Create(context.TODO(), &rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: name,
+				},
+				RoleRef: rbacv1.RoleRef{
+					APIGroup: rbacv1.GroupName,
+					Kind:     "ClusterRole",
+					Name:     "system:node-problem-detector",
+				},
+				Subjects: []rbacv1.Subject{
+					{
+						Kind:      rbacv1.ServiceAccountKind,
+						Name:      name,
+						Namespace: ns,
+					},
+				},
+			}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
 			ginkgo.By("Create the node problem detector")
 			hostPathType := new(v1.HostPathType)
-			*hostPathType = v1.HostPathType(string(v1.HostPathFileOrCreate))
+			*hostPathType = v1.HostPathFileOrCreate
 			pod := f.PodClient().CreateSync(&v1.Pod{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name: name,
 				},
 				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
-					HostNetwork:     true,
-					SecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{},
+					HostNetwork:        true,
+					SecurityContext:    &v1.PodSecurityContext{},
+					ServiceAccountName: name,
 					Volumes: []v1.Volume{
 						{
 							Name: configVolume,
@@ -207,7 +239,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NodeProblemDetector [NodeFeature:NodeProblemDete
 						{
 							Name:    name,
 							Image:   image,
-							Command: []string{"sh", "-c", "touch " + logFile + " && /node-problem-detector --logtostderr --system-log-monitors=" + configFile + fmt.Sprintf(" --apiserver-override=%s?inClusterConfig=false", framework.TestContext.Host)},
+							Command: []string{"sh", "-c", "touch " + logFile + " && /node-problem-detector --logtostderr --system-log-monitors=" + configFile + fmt.Sprintf(" --apiserver-override=%s?inClusterConfig=true", framework.TestContext.Host)},
 							Env: []v1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name: "NODE_NAME",
@@ -378,6 +410,10 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NodeProblemDetector [NodeFeature:NodeProblemDete
 			gomega.Expect(e2epod.WaitForPodToDisappear(c, ns, name, labels.Everything(), pollInterval, pollTimeout)).To(gomega.Succeed())
 			ginkgo.By("Delete the config map")
 			c.CoreV1().ConfigMaps(ns).Delete(context.TODO(), configName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+			ginkgo.By("Delete the service account")
+			c.CoreV1().ServiceAccounts(ns).Delete(context.TODO(), name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+			ginkgo.By("Delete the clusterRoleBinding")
+			c.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Delete(context.TODO(), name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 			ginkgo.By("Clean up the events")
 			gomega.Expect(c.CoreV1().Events(eventNamespace).DeleteCollection(context.TODO(), *metav1.NewDeleteOptions(0), eventListOptions)).To(gomega.Succeed())
 			ginkgo.By("Clean up the node condition")