diff --git a/test/e2e/autoscaling_utils.go b/test/e2e/autoscaling_utils.go
index cc535720e00..96a249a4612 100644
--- a/test/e2e/autoscaling_utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/autoscaling_utils.go
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ type ResourceConsumer struct {
 NewResourceConsumer creates new ResourceConsumer
 initCPU argument is in millicores
 initMemory argument is in megabytes
+memLimit argument is in megabytes, memLimit is a maximum amount of memory that can be consumed by a single pod
+cpuLimit argument is in millicores, cpuLimit is a maximum amount of cpu that can be consumed by a single pod
 */
-func NewResourceConsumer(name string, replicas, initCPU, initMemory int, framework *Framework) *ResourceConsumer {
-	runServiceAndRCForResourceConsumer(framework.Client, framework.Namespace.Name, name, replicas)
+func NewResourceConsumer(name string, replicas, initCPU, initMemory int, cpuLimit, memLimit int64, framework *Framework) *ResourceConsumer {
+	runServiceAndRCForResourceConsumer(framework.Client, framework.Namespace.Name, name, replicas, cpuLimit, memLimit)
 	rc := &ResourceConsumer{
 		name:      name,
 		framework: framework,
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ func (rc *ResourceConsumer) CleanUp() {
 	expectNoError(rc.framework.Client.Experimental().HorizontalPodAutoscalers(rc.framework.Namespace.Name).Delete(rc.name, api.NewDeleteOptions(0)))
 }
 
-func runServiceAndRCForResourceConsumer(c *client.Client, ns, name string, replicas int) {
+func runServiceAndRCForResourceConsumer(c *client.Client, ns, name string, replicas int, cpuLimitMillis, memLimitMb int64) {
 	_, err := c.Services(ns).Create(&api.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: name,
@@ -228,7 +230,8 @@ func runServiceAndRCForResourceConsumer(c *client.Client, ns, name string, repli
 		Namespace: ns,
 		Timeout:   timeoutRC,
 		Replicas:  replicas,
+		CpuLimit:  cpuLimitMillis,
+		MemLimit:  memLimitMb * 1024 * 1024, // MemLimit is in bytes
 	}
 	expectNoError(RunRC(config))
-
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/horizontal_pod_autoscaling.go b/test/e2e/horizontal_pod_autoscaling.go
index faec555b7bc..b855400d00e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/horizontal_pod_autoscaling.go
+++ b/test/e2e/horizontal_pod_autoscaling.go
@@ -42,28 +42,28 @@ var _ = Describe("Horizontal pod autoscaling", func() {
 
 	// CPU tests
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 1 pod to 3 pods (scale resource: CPU)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 700, 0, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 700, 0, 800, 100, f)
 		createCPUHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "0.3")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(3)
 		rc.CleanUp()
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 3 pods to 1 pod (scale resource: CPU)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 3, 0, 0, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 3, 0, 0, 100, 100, f)
 		createCPUHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "0.7")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(1)
 		rc.CleanUp()
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 1 pod to maximum 5 pods (scale resource: CPU)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 700, 0, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 700, 0, 800, 100, f)
 		createCPUHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "0.1")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(5)
 		rc.CleanUp()
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 1 pod to 3 pods and from 3 to 1 (scale resource: CPU)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 700, 0, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 700, 0, 800, 100, f)
 		createCPUHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "0.3")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(3)
 		rc.ConsumeCPU(300)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Horizontal pod autoscaling", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 1 pod to 3 pods and from 3 to 5 (scale resource: CPU)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 300, 0, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 300, 0, 400, 100, f)
 		createCPUHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "0.1")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(3)
 		rc.ConsumeCPU(700)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Horizontal pod autoscaling", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 3 pods to 1 pod and from 1 to 3 (scale resource: CPU)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 3, 0, 0, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 3, 0, 0, 800, 100, f)
 		createCPUHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "0.3")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(1)
 		rc.ConsumeCPU(700)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Horizontal pod autoscaling", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 5 pods to 3 pods and from 3 to 1 (scale resource: CPU)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 5, 700, 0, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 5, 700, 0, 200, 100, f)
 		createCPUHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "0.3")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(3)
 		rc.ConsumeCPU(100)
@@ -100,28 +100,28 @@ var _ = Describe("Horizontal pod autoscaling", func() {
 
 	// Memory tests
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 1 pod to 3 pods (scale resource: Memory)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 0, 800, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 0, 800, 100, 900, f)
 		createMemoryHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "300")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(3)
 		rc.CleanUp()
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 3 pods to 1 pod (scale resource: Memory)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 3, 0, 0, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 3, 0, 0, 100, 100, f)
 		createMemoryHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "700")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(1)
 		rc.CleanUp()
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 1 pod to maximum 5 pods (scale resource: Memory)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 0, 700, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 0, 700, 100, 800, f)
 		createMemoryHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "100")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(5)
 		rc.CleanUp()
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 1 pod to 3 pods and from 3 to 1 (scale resource: Memory)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 0, 700, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 0, 700, 100, 800, f)
 		createMemoryHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "300")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(3)
 		rc.ConsumeMem(100)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Horizontal pod autoscaling", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 1 pod to 3 pods and from 3 to 5 (scale resource: Memory)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 0, 500, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 1, 0, 500, 100, 1100, f)
 		createMemoryHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "200")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(3)
 		rc.ConsumeMem(1000)
@@ -139,16 +139,15 @@ var _ = Describe("Horizontal pod autoscaling", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 3 pods to 1 pod and from 1 to 3 (scale resource: Memory)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 3, 0, 0, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 3, 0, 0, 100, 800, f)
 		createMemoryHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "300")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(1)
 		rc.ConsumeMem(700)
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(3)
 		rc.CleanUp()
 	})
-
 	It("[Skipped][Horizontal pod autoscaling Suite] should scale from 5 pods to 3 pods and from 3 to 1 (scale resource: Memory)", func() {
-		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 5, 0, 700, f)
+		rc = NewResourceConsumer("rc", 5, 0, 700, 100, 800, f)
 		createMemoryHorizontalPodAutoscaler(rc, "300")
 		rc.WaitForReplicas(3)
 		rc.ConsumeMem(100)