diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/skipper/skipper.go b/test/e2e/framework/skipper/skipper.go
index 01c99f908ae..ff0dec92f77 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/skipper/skipper.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/skipper/skipper.go
@@ -213,6 +213,13 @@ func SkipUnlessNodeOSDistroIs(supportedNodeOsDistros ...string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SkipUnlessNodeOSArchIs skips if the node OS distro is not included in the supportedNodeOsArchs.
+func SkipUnlessNodeOSArchIs(supportedNodeOsArchs ...string) {
+	if !framework.NodeOSArchIs(supportedNodeOsArchs...) {
+		skipInternalf(1, "Only supported for node OS arch %v (not %s)", supportedNodeOsArchs, framework.TestContext.NodeOSArch)
+	}
+}
+
 // SkipIfNodeOSDistroIs skips if the node OS distro is included in the unsupportedNodeOsDistros.
 func SkipIfNodeOSDistroIs(unsupportedNodeOsDistros ...string) {
 	if framework.NodeOSDistroIs(unsupportedNodeOsDistros...) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index ddca9d4cc11..b0a8a9f97ab 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ type TestContextType struct {
 	ImageServiceEndpoint     string
 	MasterOSDistro           string
 	NodeOSDistro             string
+	NodeOSArch               string
 	VerifyServiceAccount     bool
 	DeleteNamespace          bool
 	DeleteNamespaceOnFailure bool
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ func RegisterClusterFlags(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.Prefix, "prefix", "e2e", "A prefix to be added to cloud resources created during testing.")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.MasterOSDistro, "master-os-distro", "debian", "The OS distribution of cluster master (debian, ubuntu, gci, coreos, or custom).")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.NodeOSDistro, "node-os-distro", "debian", "The OS distribution of cluster VM instances (debian, ubuntu, gci, coreos, or custom).")
+	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.NodeOSArch, "node-os-arch", "amd64", "The OS architecture of cluster VM instances (amd64, arm64, or custom).")
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.ClusterDNSDomain, "dns-domain", "cluster.local", "The DNS Domain of the cluster.")
 
 	// TODO: Flags per provider?  Rename gce-project/gce-zone?
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index 1a777315063..2f8376d8e07 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ func NodeOSDistroIs(supportedNodeOsDistros ...string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// NodeOSArchIs returns true if the node OS arch is included in the supportedNodeOsArchs. Otherwise false.
+func NodeOSArchIs(supportedNodeOsArchs ...string) bool {
+	for _, arch := range supportedNodeOsArchs {
+		if strings.EqualFold(arch, TestContext.NodeOSArch) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // DeleteNamespaces deletes all namespaces that match the given delete and skip filters.
 // Filter is by simple strings.Contains; first skip filter, then delete filter.
 // Returns the list of deleted namespaces or an error.
diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl/BUILD b/test/e2e/kubectl/BUILD
index 22170f4ef67..362d887da74 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl/BUILD
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ go_library(
         "//test/e2e/framework/node:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/pod:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/service:go_default_library",
+        "//test/e2e/framework/skipper:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/testfiles:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/websocket:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/scheduling:go_default_library",