diff --git a/test/e2e_node/e2e_remote.go b/test/e2e_node/e2e_remote.go
index a9ae1de2a67..38491d52623 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/e2e_remote.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/e2e_remote.go
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ var ginkgoFlags = flag.String("ginkgo-flags", "", "Passed to ginkgo to specify a
 
 var sshOptionsMap map[string]string
 
-const archiveName = "e2e_node_test.tar.gz"
+const (
+	archiveName = "e2e_node_test.tar.gz"
+	CNI_RELEASE = "c864f0e1ea73719b8f4582402b0847064f9883b0"
+)
+
+var CNI_URL = fmt.Sprintf("https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/network-plugins/cni-%s.tar.gz", CNI_RELEASE)
 
 var hostnameIpOverrides = struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
@@ -152,6 +157,14 @@ func RunRemote(archive string, host string, cleanup bool, junitFileNumber int, s
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Install the cni plugin. Note that /opt/cni does not get cleaned up after
+	// the test completes.
+	if _, err := RunSshCommand("ssh", GetHostnameOrIp(host), "--", "sh", "-c",
+		getSshCommand(" ; ", "sudo mkdir -p /opt/cni", fmt.Sprintf("sudo wget -O - %s | sudo tar -xz -C /opt/cni", CNI_URL))); err != nil {
+		// Exit failure with the error
+		return "", false, err
+	}
+
 	// Create the temp staging directory
 	glog.Infof("Staging test binaries on %s", host)
 	tmp := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/gcloud-e2e-%d", rand.Int31())
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go b/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
index bb73b670843..071d646307d 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ func (es *e2eService) startKubeletServer() (*killCmd, error) {
 		"--config", es.kubeletStaticPodDir,
 		"--file-check-frequency", "10s", // Check file frequently so tests won't wait too long
 		"--v", LOG_VERBOSITY_LEVEL, "--logtostderr",
+		"--network-plugin=kubenet",
+		"--pod-cidr=10.180.0.0/24", // Assign a fixed CIDR to the node because there is no node controller.
+		"--hairpin-mode=hairpin-veth",
 	)
 	cmd := exec.Command("sudo", cmdArgs...)
 	hcc := newHealthCheckCommand(
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/environment/setup_host.sh b/test/e2e_node/environment/setup_host.sh
index 48393469cc2..052ccd40b0c 100755
--- a/test/e2e_node/environment/setup_host.sh
+++ b/test/e2e_node/environment/setup_host.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,25 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   rm -r etcd-v2.2.5-linux-amd64*
 fi
 
+# Install nsenter for ubuntu images
+cat /etc/*-release | grep "ID=ubuntu"
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  if ! which nsenter > /dev/null; then
+     echo "Do not find nsenter. Install it."
+     mkdir -p /tmp/nsenter-install
+     cd /tmp/nsenter-install
+     curl https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.24/util-linux-2.24.tar.gz | tar -zxf-
+     sudo apt-get update
+     sudo apt-get --yes install make
+     sudo apt-get --yes install gcc
+     cd util-linux-2.24
+     ./configure --without-ncurses
+     make nsenter
+     sudo cp nsenter /usr/local/bin
+     rm -rf /tmp/nsenter-install
+   fi
+fi
+
 # Install docker
 hash docker 2>/dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
index 415ca42ba8f..b183ed59806 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-ci.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ GCE_HOSTS=
 # To copy an image between projects:
 # `gcloud compute --project <to-project> disks create <image name> --image=https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/<from-project>/global/images/<image-name>`
 # `gcloud compute --project <to-project> images create <image-name> --source-disk=<image-name>`
-GCE_IMAGES=e2e-node-ubuntu-trusty-docker10-image,e2e-node-ubuntu-trusty-docker9-image,e2e-node-coreos-stable20160622-image,e2e-node-containervm-v20160321-image
+GCE_IMAGES=e2e-node-ubuntu-trusty-docker9-v1-image,e2e-node-ubuntu-trusty-docker10-v1-image,e2e-node-coreos-stable20160622-image,e2e-node-containervm-v20160321-image
 GCE_ZONE=us-central1-f
 GCE_PROJECT=kubernetes-jenkins
 GCE_IMAGE_PROJECT=kubernetes-node-e2e-images
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
index 8b5bad859dc..7ccb2cd24c3 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-pull.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ GCE_HOSTS=
 # To copy an image between projects:
 # `gcloud compute --project <to-project> disks create <image name> --image=https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/<from-project>/global/images/<image-name>`
 # `gcloud compute --project <to-project> images create <image-name> --source-disk=<image-name>`
-GCE_IMAGES=e2e-node-ubuntu-trusty-docker10-image,e2e-node-ubuntu-trusty-docker9-image,e2e-node-coreos-stable20160622-image,e2e-node-containervm-v20160321-image
+GCE_IMAGES=e2e-node-ubuntu-trusty-docker9-v1-image,e2e-node-ubuntu-trusty-docker10-v1-image,e2e-node-coreos-stable20160622-image,e2e-node-containervm-v20160321-image
 GCE_ZONE=us-central1-f
 GCE_PROJECT=kubernetes-jenkins-pull
 GCE_IMAGE_PROJECT=kubernetes-node-e2e-images