diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index a80e14509b6..7f824117933 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
   kubernetes-e2e-gce-scalability)
     : ${E2E_CLUSTER_NAME:="jenkins-gce-e2e-scalability"}
     : ${E2E_NETWORK:="e2e-scalability"}
-    : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.focus=Performance\ssuite|should\sbe\sable\sto\shandle"}
+    : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.focus=Performance\ssuite"}
     : ${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:="e2e-scalability"}
     : ${PROJECT:="kubernetes-jenkins"}
     # Override GCE defaults.
diff --git a/test/e2e/load.go b/test/e2e/load.go
index a92ad002a5b..f6765ac4c1e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/load.go
+++ b/test/e2e/load.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	image             = "gcr.io/google_containers/serve_hostname:1.1"
 	smallRCSize       = 5
 	mediumRCSize      = 30
 	bigRCSize         = 250
@@ -94,17 +93,22 @@ var _ = Describe("Load capacity", func() {
 
 	type Load struct {
 		podsPerNode int
+		image       string
+		command     []string
 	}
 
 	loadTests := []Load{
-		{podsPerNode: 30},
+		// The container will consume 1 cpu and 512mb of memory.
+		{podsPerNode: 3, image: "jess/stress", command: []string{"stress", "-c", "1", "-m", "2"}},
+		{podsPerNode: 30, image: "gcr.io/google_containers/serve_hostname:1.1"},
 	}
 
 	for _, testArg := range loadTests {
-		name := fmt.Sprintf("[Skipped] should be able to handle %v pods per node", testArg.podsPerNode)
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("[Skipped] [Performance suite] should be able to handle %v pods per node", testArg.podsPerNode)
+		itArg := testArg
 
 		It(name, func() {
-			configs = generateRCConfigs(testArg.podsPerNode*nodeCount, c, ns)
+			configs = generateRCConfigs(itArg.podsPerNode*nodeCount, itArg.image, itArg.command, c, ns)
 
 			// Simulate lifetime of RC:
 			//  * create with initial size
@@ -134,23 +138,25 @@ func computeRCCounts(total int) (int, int, int) {
 	//  - 25 medium RCs each 30 pods
 	//  - 3 big RCs each 250 pods
 	bigRCCount := total / 4 / bigRCSize
-	mediumRCCount := total / 4 / mediumRCSize
-	smallRCCount := total / 2 / smallRCSize
+	total -= bigRCCount * bigRCSize
+	mediumRCCount := total / 3 / mediumRCSize
+	total -= mediumRCCount * mediumRCSize
+	smallRCCount := total / smallRCSize
 	return smallRCCount, mediumRCCount, bigRCCount
 }
 
-func generateRCConfigs(totalPods int, c *client.Client, ns string) []*RCConfig {
+func generateRCConfigs(totalPods int, image string, command []string, c *client.Client, ns string) []*RCConfig {
 	configs := make([]*RCConfig, 0)
 
 	smallRCCount, mediumRCCount, bigRCCount := computeRCCounts(totalPods)
-	configs = append(configs, generateRCConfigsForGroup(c, ns, smallRCGroupName, smallRCSize, smallRCCount)...)
-	configs = append(configs, generateRCConfigsForGroup(c, ns, mediumRCGroupName, mediumRCSize, mediumRCCount)...)
-	configs = append(configs, generateRCConfigsForGroup(c, ns, bigRCGroupName, bigRCSize, bigRCCount)...)
+	configs = append(configs, generateRCConfigsForGroup(c, ns, smallRCGroupName, smallRCSize, smallRCCount, image, command)...)
+	configs = append(configs, generateRCConfigsForGroup(c, ns, mediumRCGroupName, mediumRCSize, mediumRCCount, image, command)...)
+	configs = append(configs, generateRCConfigsForGroup(c, ns, bigRCGroupName, bigRCSize, bigRCCount, image, command)...)
 
 	return configs
 }
 
-func generateRCConfigsForGroup(c *client.Client, ns, groupName string, size, count int) []*RCConfig {
+func generateRCConfigsForGroup(c *client.Client, ns, groupName string, size, count int, image string, command []string) []*RCConfig {
 	configs := make([]*RCConfig, 0, count)
 	for i := 1; i <= count; i++ {
 		config := &RCConfig{
@@ -159,6 +165,7 @@ func generateRCConfigsForGroup(c *client.Client, ns, groupName string, size, cou
 			Namespace: ns,
 			Timeout:   10 * time.Minute,
 			Image:     image,
+			Command:   command,
 			Replicas:  size,
 		}
 		configs = append(configs, config)
diff --git a/test/e2e/util.go b/test/e2e/util.go
index 31aab8eefcb..ecbce2e549e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/util.go
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ func (s *podStore) Stop() {
 type RCConfig struct {
 	Client        *client.Client
 	Image         string
+	Command       []string
 	Name          string
 	Namespace     string
 	PollInterval  time.Duration
@@ -1020,9 +1021,10 @@ func RunRC(config RCConfig) error {
 				Spec: api.PodSpec{
 					Containers: []api.Container{
 						{
-							Name:  config.Name,
-							Image: config.Image,
-							Ports: []api.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}},
+							Name:    config.Name,
+							Image:   config.Image,
+							Command: config.Command,
+							Ports:   []api.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}},
 						},
 					},
 				},