diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index 8e93ac8b3b8..848d7f0e641 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ type TestContextType struct {
 	// RequireDevices makes mandatory on the environment on which tests are run 1+ devices exposed through device plugins.
 	// With this enabled The e2e tests requiring devices for their operation can assume that if devices aren't reported, the test can fail
 	RequireDevices bool
+
+	// Enable volume drivers which are disabled by default. See test/e2e/storage/in_tree_volumes.go for details.
+	EnabledVolumeDrivers []string
 }
 
 // NodeKillerConfig describes configuration of NodeKiller -- a utility to
@@ -262,6 +265,27 @@ type CloudConfig struct {
 // TestContext should be used by all tests to access common context data.
 var TestContext TestContextType
 
+// StringArrayValue is used with flag.Var for a comma-separated list of strings placed into a string array.
+type stringArrayValue struct {
+	stringArray *[]string
+}
+
+func (v stringArrayValue) String() string {
+	if v.stringArray != nil {
+		return strings.Join(*v.stringArray, ",")
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (v stringArrayValue) Set(s string) error {
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		*v.stringArray = []string{}
+	} else {
+		*v.stringArray = strings.Split(s, ",")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ClusterIsIPv6 returns true if the cluster is IPv6
 func (tc TestContextType) ClusterIsIPv6() bool {
 	return tc.IPFamily == "ipv6"
@@ -319,6 +343,8 @@ func RegisterCommonFlags(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.SnapshotControllerPodName, "snapshot-controller-pod-name", "", "The pod name to use for identifying the snapshot controller in the kube-system namespace.")
 	flags.IntVar(&TestContext.SnapshotControllerHTTPPort, "snapshot-controller-http-port", 0, "The port to use for snapshot controller HTTP communication.")
+
+	flags.Var(&stringArrayValue{&TestContext.EnabledVolumeDrivers}, "enabled-volume-drivers", "Comma-separated list of in-tree volume drivers to enable for testing. This is only needed for in-tree drivers disabled by default. An example is gcepd; see test/e2e/storage/in_tree_volumes.go for full details.")
 }
 
 func CreateGinkgoConfig() (types.SuiteConfig, types.ReporterConfig) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/in_tree_volumes.go b/test/e2e/storage/in_tree_volumes.go
index c1911bfaac6..5526e586b4f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/in_tree_volumes.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/in_tree_volumes.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/drivers"
 	storageframework "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/testsuites"
@@ -53,10 +54,32 @@ var testDrivers = []func() storageframework.TestDriver{
 
 // This executes testSuites for in-tree volumes.
 var _ = utils.SIGDescribe("In-tree Volumes", func() {
-	if enableGcePD := os.Getenv("ENABLE_STORAGE_GCE_PD_DRIVER"); enableGcePD == "yes" {
+	framework.Logf("Enabling in-tree volume drivers")
+
+	gceEnabled := false
+	for _, driver := range framework.TestContext.EnabledVolumeDrivers {
+		switch driver {
+		case "gcepd":
+			testDrivers = append(testDrivers, drivers.InitGcePdDriver)
+			testDrivers = append(testDrivers, drivers.InitWindowsGcePdDriver)
+			gceEnabled = true
+		default:
+			framework.Failf("Invalid volume type %s in %v", driver, framework.TestContext.EnabledVolumeDrivers)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Support the legacy env var for gcepd.
+	if enableGcePD := os.Getenv("ENABLE_STORAGE_GCE_PD_DRIVER"); enableGcePD == "yes" && !gceEnabled {
+		framework.Logf("Warning: deprecated ENABLE_STORAGE_GCE_PD_DRIVER used. This will be removed in a future release. Use --enabled-volume-drivers=gcepd instead")
 		testDrivers = append(testDrivers, drivers.InitGcePdDriver)
 		testDrivers = append(testDrivers, drivers.InitWindowsGcePdDriver)
+		gceEnabled = true
 	}
+
+	if gceEnabled {
+		framework.Logf("Enabled gcepd and windows-gcepd in-tree volume drivers")
+	}
+
 	for _, initDriver := range testDrivers {
 		curDriver := initDriver()