diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/embed.go b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/embed.go
index a763b2fc87c..bc0e9070fc9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/embed.go
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/embed.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	e2etestfiles "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/testfiles"
 )
 
-//go:embed cluster-dns flexvolume guestbook kubectl sample-device-plugin.yaml scheduling/nvidia-driver-installer.yaml statefulset storage-csi
+//go:embed cluster-dns flexvolume guestbook kubectl sample-device-plugin scheduling/nvidia-driver-installer.yaml statefulset storage-csi
 var e2eTestingManifestsFS embed.FS
 
 func GetE2ETestingManifestsFS() e2etestfiles.EmbeddedFileSource {
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin/sample-device-plugin-control-registration.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin/sample-device-plugin-control-registration.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54cf07c46e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin/sample-device-plugin-control-registration.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: sample-device-plugin-beta
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: sample-device-plugin
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: sample-device-plugin
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        k8s-app: sample-device-plugin
+      annotations:
+    spec:
+      priorityClassName: system-node-critical
+      tolerations:
+      - operator: "Exists"
+        effect: "NoExecute"
+      - operator: "Exists"
+        effect: "NoSchedule"
+      volumes:
+      - name: device-plugin
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins
+      - name: plugins-registry-probe-mode
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/kubelet/plugins_registry
+      - name: dev
+        hostPath:
+          path: /dev
+      containers:
+      - image: registry.k8s.io/e2e-test-images/sample-device-plugin:1.5
+        name: sample-device-plugin
+        env:
+        - name: PLUGIN_SOCK_DIR
+          value: "/var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins"
+        - name: REGISTER_CONTROL_FILE
+          value: "/var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins/sample/registration"
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: device-plugin
+          mountPath: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins
+        - name: plugins-registry-probe-mode
+          mountPath: /var/lib/kubelet/plugins_registry
+        - name: dev
+          mountPath: /dev
+  updateStrategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin/sample-device-plugin.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin.yaml
rename to test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin/sample-device-plugin.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/util_sampledevice.go b/test/e2e_node/util_sampledevice.go
index a1e22ee761e..eca7418164c 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/util_sampledevice.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/util_sampledevice.go
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// SampleDevicePluginDSYAML is the path of the daemonset template of the sample device plugin. // TODO: Parametrize it by making it a feature in TestFramework.
-	SampleDevicePluginDSYAML = "test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin.yaml"
+	SampleDevicePluginDSYAML                    = "test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin.yaml"
+	SampleDevicePluginControlRegistrationDSYAML = "test/e2e/testing-manifests/sample-device-plugin/sample-device-plugin-control-registration.yaml"
 
 	// SampleDevicePluginName is the name of the device plugin pod
 	SampleDevicePluginName = "sample-device-plugin"
diff --git a/test/images/sample-device-plugin/VERSION b/test/images/sample-device-plugin/VERSION
index c068b2447cc..c239c60cba2 100644
--- a/test/images/sample-device-plugin/VERSION
+++ b/test/images/sample-device-plugin/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4
+1.5
diff --git a/test/images/sample-device-plugin/sampledeviceplugin.go b/test/images/sample-device-plugin/sampledeviceplugin.go
index 824b19788cf..fd372133bc8 100644
--- a/test/images/sample-device-plugin/sampledeviceplugin.go
+++ b/test/images/sample-device-plugin/sampledeviceplugin.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	pluginapi "k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/deviceplugin/v1beta1"
 	plugin "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/devicemanager/plugin/v1beta1"
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ func main() {
 		klog.Errorf("Empty pluginSocksDir")
 		return
 	}
+
 	socketPath := pluginSocksDir + "/dp." + fmt.Sprintf("%d", time.Now().Unix())
 
 	dp1 := plugin.NewDevicePluginStub(devs, socketPath, resourceName, false, false)
@@ -92,8 +94,70 @@ func main() {
 
 	}
 	dp1.SetAllocFunc(stubAllocFunc)
+
+	if registerControlFile := os.Getenv("REGISTER_CONTROL_FILE"); registerControlFile != "" {
+		if err := handleRegistrationProcess(registerControlFile); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := dp1.Register(pluginapi.KubeletSocket, resourceName, pluginapi.DevicePluginPath); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	select {}
 }
+
+func handleRegistrationProcess(registerControlFile string) error {
+	triggerPath := filepath.Dir(registerControlFile)
+
+	klog.InfoS("Registration process will be managed explicitly", "triggerPath", triggerPath, "triggerEntry", registerControlFile)
+
+	watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Errorf("Watcher creation failed: %v ", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer watcher.Close()
+	updateCh := make(chan bool)
+	defer close(updateCh)
+
+	go func() {
+		klog.Infof("Starting watching routine")
+		for {
+			select {
+			case event, ok := <-watcher.Events:
+				if !ok {
+					return
+				}
+				klog.InfoS("Received event", "name", event.Name, "operation", event.Op)
+				switch {
+				case event.Op&fsnotify.Remove == fsnotify.Remove:
+					if event.Name == registerControlFile {
+						klog.InfoS("Expected delete", "name", event.Name, "operation", event.Op)
+						updateCh <- true
+						return
+					}
+					klog.InfoS("Spurious delete", "name", event.Name, "operation", event.Op)
+				}
+			case err, ok := <-watcher.Errors:
+				if !ok {
+					return
+				}
+				klog.Errorf("error: %w", err)
+				panic(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	err = watcher.Add(triggerPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Errorf("Failed to add watch to %q: %w", triggerPath, err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	klog.InfoS("Waiting for control file to be deleted", "path", registerControlFile)
+	<-updateCh
+	klog.InfoS("Control file was deleted, connecting!")
+	return nil
+}