diff --git a/test/e2e/volume_provisioning.go b/test/e2e/volume_provisioning.go
index 721faa105d1..0bbdf9515dc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/volume_provisioning.go
+++ b/test/e2e/volume_provisioning.go
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ import (
 const (
 	// Requested size of the volume
 	requestedSize = "1500Mi"
-	// Expected size of the volume is 2GiB, because all three supported cloud
-	// providers allocate volumes in 1GiB chunks.
-	expectedSize = "2Gi"
+	// Plugin name of the external provisioner
+	externalPluginName = "example.com/nfs"
 )
 
-func testDynamicProvisioning(client clientset.Interface, claim *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim) {
+func testDynamicProvisioning(client clientset.Interface, claim *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, expectedSize string) {
 	err := framework.WaitForPersistentVolumeClaimPhase(v1.ClaimBound, client, claim.Namespace, claim.Name, framework.Poll, framework.ClaimProvisionTimeout)
 	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Dynamic provisioning", func() {
 			framework.SkipUnlessProviderIs("openstack", "gce", "aws", "gke")
 
 			By("creating a StorageClass")
-			class := newStorageClass()
+			class := newStorageClass("")
 			_, err := c.Storage().StorageClasses().Create(class)
 			defer c.Storage().StorageClasses().Delete(class.Name, nil)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
@@ -132,7 +131,9 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Dynamic provisioning", func() {
 			claim, err = c.Core().PersistentVolumeClaims(ns).Create(claim)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
-			testDynamicProvisioning(c, claim)
+			// Expected size of the volume is 2GiB, because all three supported cloud
+			// providers allocate volumes in 1GiB chunks.
+			testDynamicProvisioning(c, claim, "2Gi")
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -148,7 +149,33 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Dynamic provisioning", func() {
 			claim, err := c.Core().PersistentVolumeClaims(ns).Create(claim)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
-			testDynamicProvisioning(c, claim)
+			testDynamicProvisioning(c, claim, "2Gi")
+		})
+	})
+
+	framework.KubeDescribe("DynamicProvisioner External", func() {
+		It("should let an external dynamic provisioner create and delete persistent volumes [Slow]", func() {
+			By("creating an external dynamic provisioner pod")
+			pod := startExternalProvisioner(c, ns)
+			defer c.Core().Pods(ns).Delete(pod.Name, nil)
+
+			By("creating a StorageClass")
+			class := newStorageClass(externalPluginName)
+			_, err := c.Storage().StorageClasses().Create(class)
+			defer c.Storage().StorageClasses().Delete(class.Name, nil)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			By("creating a claim with a dynamic provisioning annotation")
+			claim := newClaim(ns, false)
+			defer func() {
+				c.Core().PersistentVolumeClaims(ns).Delete(claim.Name, nil)
+			}()
+			claim, err = c.Core().PersistentVolumeClaims(ns).Create(claim)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			// Expected size of the externally provisioned volume depends on the external
+			// provisioner: for nfs-provisioner used here, it's equal to requested
+			testDynamicProvisioning(c, claim, requestedSize)
 		})
 	})
 })
@@ -232,16 +259,16 @@ func runInPodWithVolume(c clientset.Interface, ns, claimName, command string) {
 	framework.ExpectNoError(framework.WaitForPodSuccessInNamespaceSlow(c, pod.Name, pod.Namespace))
 }
 
-func newStorageClass() *storage.StorageClass {
-	var pluginName string
-
-	switch {
-	case framework.ProviderIs("gke"), framework.ProviderIs("gce"):
-		pluginName = "kubernetes.io/gce-pd"
-	case framework.ProviderIs("aws"):
-		pluginName = "kubernetes.io/aws-ebs"
-	case framework.ProviderIs("openstack"):
-		pluginName = "kubernetes.io/cinder"
+func newStorageClass(pluginName string) *storage.StorageClass {
+	if pluginName == "" {
+		switch {
+		case framework.ProviderIs("gke"), framework.ProviderIs("gce"):
+			pluginName = "kubernetes.io/gce-pd"
+		case framework.ProviderIs("aws"):
+			pluginName = "kubernetes.io/aws-ebs"
+		case framework.ProviderIs("openstack"):
+			pluginName = "kubernetes.io/cinder"
+		}
 	}
 
 	return &storage.StorageClass{
@@ -254,3 +281,76 @@ func newStorageClass() *storage.StorageClass {
 		Provisioner: pluginName,
 	}
 }
+
+func startExternalProvisioner(c clientset.Interface, ns string) *v1.Pod {
+	podClient := c.Core().Pods(ns)
+
+	provisionerPod := &v1.Pod{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "Pod",
+			APIVersion: "v1",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+			GenerateName: "external-provisioner-",
+		},
+
+		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []v1.Container{
+				{
+					Name:  "nfs-provisioner",
+					Image: "quay.io/kubernetes_incubator/nfs-provisioner:v1.0.1",
+					SecurityContext: &v1.SecurityContext{
+						Capabilities: &v1.Capabilities{
+							Add: []v1.Capability{"DAC_READ_SEARCH"},
+						},
+					},
+					Args: []string{
+						"-provisioner=" + externalPluginName,
+						"-grace-period=0",
+					},
+					Ports: []v1.ContainerPort{
+						{Name: "nfs", ContainerPort: 2049},
+						{Name: "mountd", ContainerPort: 20048},
+						{Name: "rpcbind", ContainerPort: 111},
+						{Name: "rpcbind-udp", ContainerPort: 111, Protocol: v1.ProtocolUDP},
+					},
+					Env: []v1.EnvVar{
+						{
+							Name: "POD_IP",
+							ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{
+								FieldRef: &v1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+									FieldPath: "status.podIP",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					ImagePullPolicy: v1.PullIfNotPresent,
+					VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{
+						{
+							Name:      "export-volume",
+							MountPath: "/export",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Volumes: []v1.Volume{
+				{
+					Name: "export-volume",
+					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+						EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	provisionerPod, err := podClient.Create(provisionerPod)
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to create %s pod: %v", provisionerPod.Name, err)
+
+	framework.ExpectNoError(framework.WaitForPodRunningInNamespace(c, provisionerPod))
+
+	By("locating the provisioner pod")
+	pod, err := podClient.Get(provisionerPod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Cannot locate the provisioner pod %v: %v", provisionerPod.Name, err)
+
+	return pod
+}