diff --git a/test/e2e_node/checkpoint_container.go b/test/e2e_node/checkpoint_container.go
index a409a0c4ca9..a86c02ad52a 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/checkpoint_container.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/checkpoint_container.go
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2enode
 
 import (
+	"archive/tar"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@ const (
 	proxyTimeout = 2 * time.Minute
 )
 
+type checkpointResult struct {
+	Items []string `json:"items"`
+}
+
 // proxyPostRequest performs a post on a node proxy endpoint given the nodename and rest client.
 func proxyPostRequest(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, node, endpoint string, port int) (restclient.Result, error) {
 	// proxy tends to hang in some cases when Node is not ready. Add an artificial timeout for this call. #22165
@@ -150,10 +158,51 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Checkpoint Container [NodeFeature:CheckpointContainer]", fu
 		}
 
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-		// TODO: once a container engine implements the Checkpoint CRI API this needs
-		// to be extended to handle it.
-		//
+
 		// Checkpointing actually worked. Verify that the checkpoint exists and that
 		// it is a checkpoint.
+
+		raw, err := result.Raw()
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		answer := checkpointResult{}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(raw, &answer)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+		for _, item := range answer.Items {
+			// Check that the file exists
+			_, err := os.Stat(item)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+			// Check the content of the tar file
+			// At least looking for the following files
+			//  * spec.dump
+			//  * config.dump
+			//  * checkpoint/inventory.img
+			// If these files exist in the checkpoint archive it is
+			// probably a complete checkpoint.
+			checkForFiles := map[string]bool{
+				"spec.dump":                false,
+				"config.dump":              false,
+				"checkpoint/inventory.img": false,
+			}
+			fileReader, err := os.Open(item)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+			tr := tar.NewReader(fileReader)
+			for {
+				hdr, err := tr.Next()
+				if err == io.EOF {
+					// End of archive
+					break
+				}
+				framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+				if _, key := checkForFiles[hdr.Name]; key {
+					checkForFiles[hdr.Name] = true
+				}
+			}
+			for fileName := range checkForFiles {
+				framework.ExpectEqual(checkForFiles[fileName], true)
+			}
+			// cleanup checkpoint archive
+			os.RemoveAll(item)
+		}
 	})
 })