diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go b/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go
index e22160abe11..9e61470a5e4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/network/utils.go
@@ -540,6 +540,18 @@ func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) executeCurlCmd(cmd string, expected string)
 }
 
 func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) createNetShellPodSpec(podName, hostname string) *v1.Pod {
+	netexecArgs := []string{
+		"netexec",
+		fmt.Sprintf("--http-port=%d", EndpointHTTPPort),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--udp-port=%d", EndpointUDPPort),
+	}
+	// In case of hostnetwork endpoints, we want to bind the udp listener to specific ip addresses.
+	// In order to cover legacy AND dualstack, we pass both the host ip and the two pod ips. Agnhost
+	// removes duplicates and so this will listen on both addresses (or on the single existing one).
+	if config.EndpointsHostNetwork {
+		netexecArgs = append(netexecArgs, "--udp-listen-addresses=$(HOST_IP),$(POD_IPS)")
+	}
+
 	probe := &v1.Probe{
 		InitialDelaySeconds: 10,
 		TimeoutSeconds:      30,
@@ -568,11 +580,7 @@ func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) createNetShellPodSpec(podName, hostname stri
 					Name:            "webserver",
 					Image:           NetexecImageName,
 					ImagePullPolicy: v1.PullIfNotPresent,
-					Args: []string{
-						"netexec",
-						fmt.Sprintf("--http-port=%d", EndpointHTTPPort),
-						fmt.Sprintf("--udp-port=%d", EndpointUDPPort),
-					},
+					Args:            netexecArgs,
 					Ports: []v1.ContainerPort{
 						{
 							Name:          "http",
@@ -602,6 +610,27 @@ func (config *NetworkingTestConfig) createNetShellPodSpec(podName, hostname stri
 			Protocol:      v1.ProtocolSCTP,
 		})
 	}
+
+	if config.EndpointsHostNetwork {
+		pod.Spec.Containers[0].Env = []v1.EnvVar{
+			{
+				Name: "HOST_IP",
+				ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{
+					FieldRef: &v1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+						FieldPath: "status.hostIP",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Name: "POD_IPS",
+				ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{
+					FieldRef: &v1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+						FieldPath: "status.podIPs",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	}
 	return pod
 }