diff --git a/test/e2e_node/BUILD b/test/e2e_node/BUILD
index bd2025c77d0..3163cebb651 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e_node/BUILD
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ go_test(
         "resource_usage_test.go",
         "restart_test.go",
         "runtime_conformance_test.go",
+        "security_context_test.go",
         "summary_test.go",
         "volume_manager_test.go",
     ],
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/security_context_test.go b/test/e2e_node/security_context_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b33f55e775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e_node/security_context_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package e2e_node
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+)
+
+var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Security Context", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("security-context-test")
+	var podClient *framework.PodClient
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		podClient = f.PodClient()
+	})
+
+	Context("when creating a pod in the host PID namespace", func() {
+		makeHostPidPod := func(podName, image string, command []string, hostPID bool) *v1.Pod {
+			return &v1.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: podName,
+				},
+				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+					RestartPolicy: v1.RestartPolicyNever,
+					HostPID:       hostPID,
+					Containers: []v1.Container{
+						{
+							Image:   image,
+							Name:    podName,
+							Command: command,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+		}
+		createAndWaitHostPidPod := func(podName string, hostPID bool) {
+			podClient.Create(makeHostPidPod(podName,
+				"gcr.io/google_containers/busybox:1.24",
+				[]string{"sh", "-c", "pidof nginx || true"},
+				hostPID,
+			))
+
+			podClient.WaitForSuccess(podName, framework.PodStartTimeout)
+		}
+
+		nginxPid := ""
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			nginxPodName := "nginx-hostpid-" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
+			podClient.CreateSync(makeHostPidPod(nginxPodName,
+				"gcr.io/google_containers/nginx-slim:0.7",
+				nil,
+				true,
+			))
+
+			output := f.ExecShellInContainer(nginxPodName, nginxPodName,
+				"cat /var/run/nginx.pid")
+			nginxPid = strings.TrimSpace(output)
+		})
+
+		It("should show its pid in the host PID namespace", func() {
+			busyboxPodName := "busybox-hostpid-" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
+			createAndWaitHostPidPod(busyboxPodName, true)
+			logs, err := framework.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, busyboxPodName, busyboxPodName)
+			if err != nil {
+				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
+			}
+
+			pids := strings.TrimSpace(logs)
+			framework.Logf("Got nginx's pid %q from pod %q", pids, busyboxPodName)
+			if pids == "" {
+				framework.Failf("nginx's pid should be seen by hostpid containers")
+			}
+
+			pidSets := sets.NewString(strings.Split(pids, " ")...)
+			if !pidSets.Has(nginxPid) {
+				framework.Failf("nginx's pid should be seen by hostpid containers")
+			}
+		})
+
+		It("should not show its pid in the non-hostpid containers", func() {
+			busyboxPodName := "busybox-non-hostpid-" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
+			createAndWaitHostPidPod(busyboxPodName, false)
+			logs, err := framework.GetPodLogs(f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, busyboxPodName, busyboxPodName)
+			if err != nil {
+				framework.Failf("GetPodLogs for pod %q failed: %v", busyboxPodName, err)
+			}
+
+			pids := strings.TrimSpace(logs)
+			framework.Logf("Got nginx's pid %q from pod %q", pids, busyboxPodName)
+			pidSets := sets.NewString(strings.Split(pids, " ")...)
+			if pidSets.Has(nginxPid) {
+				framework.Failf("nginx's pid should not be seen by non-hostpid containers")
+			}
+		})
+	})
+})