diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/image-config.yaml b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/image-config.yaml
index 4aa1f8b5274..14be87fcbd2 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/image-config.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/image-config.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ images:
   gci-dev:
     image: gci-dev-53-8530-29-0
     project: google-containers
+    metadata: "user-data<test/e2e_node/jenkins/gci-init.yaml"