diff --git a/test/e2e/network/service.go b/test/e2e/network/service.go
index 852b8a80e32..755efd4cd20 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/service.go
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 			err := cs.CoreV1().Services(ns).Delete(context.TODO(), serviceName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to delete service: %s in namespace: %s", serviceName, ns)
 		}()
-		_, err := jig.CreateTCPServiceWithPort(nil, 80)
+		svc, err := jig.CreateTCPServiceWithPort(nil, 80)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{})
@@ -802,18 +802,31 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		name1 := "pod1"
 		name2 := "pod2"
 
-		createPodOrFail(f, ns, name1, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}})
+		createPodOrFail(f, ns, name1, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}}, "netexec", "--http-port", "80")
 		names[name1] = true
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{name1: {80}})
 
-		createPodOrFail(f, ns, name2, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}})
+		ginkgo.By("Checking if the Service forwards traffic to pod1")
+		execPod := e2epod.CreateExecPodOrFail(cs, ns, "execpod", nil)
+		err = jig.CheckServiceReachability(svc, execPod)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+		createPodOrFail(f, ns, name2, jig.Labels, []v1.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}}, "netexec", "--http-port", "80")
 		names[name2] = true
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{name1: {80}, name2: {80}})
 
+		ginkgo.By("Checking if the Service forwards traffic to pod1 and pod2")
+		err = jig.CheckServiceReachability(svc, execPod)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
 		e2epod.DeletePodOrFail(cs, ns, name1)
 		delete(names, name1)
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{name2: {80}})
 
+		ginkgo.By("Checking if the Service forwards traffic to pod2")
+		err = jig.CheckServiceReachability(svc, execPod)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
 		e2epod.DeletePodOrFail(cs, ns, name2)
 		delete(names, name2)
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{})
@@ -839,7 +852,7 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		svc2port := "svc2"
 
 		ginkgo.By("creating service " + serviceName + " in namespace " + ns)
-		_, err := jig.CreateTCPService(func(service *v1.Service) {
+		svc, err := jig.CreateTCPService(func(service *v1.Service) {
 			service.Spec.Ports = []v1.ServicePort{
 				{
 					Name:       "portname1",
@@ -883,14 +896,19 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 		podname1 := "pod1"
 		podname2 := "pod2"
 
-		createPodOrFail(f, ns, podname1, jig.Labels, containerPorts1)
+		createPodOrFail(f, ns, podname1, jig.Labels, containerPorts1, "netexec", "--http-port", strconv.Itoa(port1))
 		names[podname1] = true
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{podname1: {port1}})
 
-		createPodOrFail(f, ns, podname2, jig.Labels, containerPorts2)
+		createPodOrFail(f, ns, podname2, jig.Labels, containerPorts2, "netexec", "--http-port", strconv.Itoa(port2))
 		names[podname2] = true
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{podname1: {port1}, podname2: {port2}})
 
+		ginkgo.By("Checking if the Service forwards traffic to pods")
+		execPod := e2epod.CreateExecPodOrFail(cs, ns, "execpod", nil)
+		err = jig.CheckServiceReachability(svc, execPod)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
 		e2epod.DeletePodOrFail(cs, ns, podname1)
 		delete(names, podname1)
 		validateEndpointsPortsOrFail(cs, ns, serviceName, portsByPodName{podname2: {port2}})
@@ -2668,9 +2686,9 @@ func createPausePodDeployment(cs clientset.Interface, name, ns string, replicas
 }
 
 // createPodOrFail creates a pod with the specified containerPorts.
-func createPodOrFail(f *framework.Framework, ns, name string, labels map[string]string, containerPorts []v1.ContainerPort) {
+func createPodOrFail(f *framework.Framework, ns, name string, labels map[string]string, containerPorts []v1.ContainerPort, args ...string) {
 	ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating pod %s in namespace %s", name, ns))
-	pod := e2epod.NewAgnhostPod(ns, name, nil, nil, containerPorts)
+	pod := e2epod.NewAgnhostPod(ns, name, nil, nil, containerPorts, args...)
 	pod.ObjectMeta.Labels = labels
 	// Add a dummy environment variable to work around a docker issue.
 	// https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/14203