diff --git a/test/e2e/kubectl.go b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
index d895157e3a1..c74d09be664 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kubectl.go
+++ b/test/e2e/kubectl.go
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ const (
 	kubeCtlManifestPath      = "test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl"
 	redisControllerFilename  = "redis-master-controller.json"
 	redisServiceFilename     = "redis-master-service.json"
+	nginxDeployment1Filename = "nginx-deployment1.yaml"
+	nginxDeployment2Filename = "nginx-deployment2.yaml"
+	nginxDeployment3Filename = "nginx-deployment3.yaml"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -684,6 +687,49 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubectl client", func() {
 				framework.Failf("port should keep the same")
 			}
 		})
+
+		It("apply set/view last-applied", func() {
+			deployment1Yaml := readTestFileOrDie(nginxDeployment1Filename)
+			deployment2Yaml := readTestFileOrDie(nginxDeployment2Filename)
+			deployment3Yaml := readTestFileOrDie(nginxDeployment3Filename)
+			nsFlag := fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%v", ns)
+
+			By("deployment replicas number is 2")
+			framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(string(deployment1Yaml[:]), "apply", "-f", "-", nsFlag)
+
+			By("check the last-applied matches expectations annotations")
+			output := framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(string(deployment1Yaml[:]), "apply", "view-last-applied", "-f", "-", nsFlag, "-o", "json")
+			requiredString := "\"replicas\": 2"
+			if !strings.Contains(output, requiredString) {
+				framework.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl view-last-applied", requiredString)
+			}
+
+			By("apply file doesn't have replicas")
+			framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(string(deployment2Yaml[:]), "apply", "set-last-applied", "-f", "-", nsFlag)
+
+			By("check last-applied has been updated, annotations doesn't replicas")
+			output = framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(string(deployment1Yaml[:]), "apply", "view-last-applied", "-f", "-", nsFlag, "-o", "json")
+			requiredString = "\"replicas\": 2"
+			if strings.Contains(output, requiredString) {
+				framework.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl view-last-applied", requiredString)
+			}
+
+			By("scale set replicas to 3")
+			nginxDeploy := "nginx-deployment"
+			framework.RunKubectlOrDie("scale", "deployment", nginxDeploy, "--replicas=3", nsFlag)
+
+			By("apply file doesn't have replicas but image changed")
+			framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(string(deployment3Yaml[:]), "apply", "-f", "-", nsFlag)
+
+			By("verify replicas still is 3 and image has been updated")
+			output = framework.RunKubectlOrDieInput(string(deployment3Yaml[:]), "get", "-f", "-", nsFlag, "-o", "json")
+			requiredItems := []string{"\"replicas\": 3", "nginx-slim:0.7"}
+			for _, item := range requiredItems {
+				if !strings.Contains(output, item) {
+					framework.Failf("Missing %s in kubectl apply", item)
+				}
+			}
+		})
 	})
 
 	framework.KubeDescribe("Kubectl cluster-info", func() {
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/nginx-deployment1.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/nginx-deployment1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6edf9d9885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/nginx-deployment1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: nginx-deployment
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: nginx
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: nginx
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-slim:0.8
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
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diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/nginx-deployment2.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/nginx-deployment2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac8efafbdb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/nginx-deployment2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: nginx-deployment
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: nginx
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: nginx
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-slim:0.8
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
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diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/nginx-deployment3.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/nginx-deployment3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28ebbed8dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/kubectl/nginx-deployment3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: nginx-deployment
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: nginx
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: nginx
+        image: gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-slim:0.7
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
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