diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e-runner.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e-runner.sh
index bf57d03beae..c7016d7d1b4 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e-runner.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e-runner.sh
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ if [[ "${USE_KUBEMARK:-}" == "true" ]]; then
   # If start-kubemark fails, we trigger empty set of tests that would trigger storing logs from the base cluster.
   ./test/kubemark/start-kubemark.sh || dump_cluster_logs_and_exit
   # Similarly, if tests fail, we trigger empty set of tests that would trigger storing logs from the base cluster.
-  ./test/kubemark/run-e2e-tests.sh --ginkgo.focus="${KUBEMARK_TESTS}" --gather-resource-usage="false" || dump_cluster_logs_and_exit
+  ./test/kubemark/run-e2e-tests.sh --ginkgo.focus="${KUBEMARK_TESTS}" "${KUBEMARK_TEST_ARGS}" || dump_cluster_logs_and_exit
   ./test/kubemark/stop-kubemark.sh
   NUM_NODES=${NUM_NODES_BKP}
   MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE_BKP}
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-kubemark.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-kubemark.yaml
index f15324f973d..745dee46197 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-kubemark.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-kubemark.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
                 export E2E_TEST="false"
                 export USE_KUBEMARK="true"
                 export KUBEMARK_TESTS="starting\s30\spods\sper\snode"
+                export KUBEMARK_TEST_ARGS="--gather-resource-usage=true"
                 # Override defaults to be independent from GCE defaults and set kubemark parameters
                 export NUM_NODES="1"
                 export MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-1"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
                 export E2E_TEST="false"
                 export USE_KUBEMARK="true"
                 export KUBEMARK_TESTS="\[Feature:HighDensityPerformance\]"
+                export KUBEMARK_TEST_ARGS="--gather-resource-usage=true"
                 # Override defaults to be independent from GCE defaults and set kubemark parameters
                 export NUM_NODES="3"
                 export MASTER_SIZE="n1-standard-2"
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@
                 export E2E_TEST="false"
                 export USE_KUBEMARK="true"
                 export KUBEMARK_TESTS="\[Feature:Performance\]"
+                export KUBEMARK_TEST_ARGS="--gather-resource-usage=true"
                 export FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK="false"
                 # Override defaults to be independent from GCE defaults and set kubemark parameters
                 export NUM_NODES="6"
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@
                 export E2E_TEST="false"
                 export USE_KUBEMARK="true"
                 export KUBEMARK_TESTS="\[Feature:Performance\]"
+                export KUBEMARK_TEST_ARGS="--gather-resource-usage=true"
                 export FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK="false"
                 # Override defaults to be independent from GCE defaults and set kubemark parameters
                 # We need 11 so that we won't hit max-pods limit (set to 100). TODO: do it in a nicer way.