diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index afb7654ec2b..400a043077a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/reporters"
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types"
+	gomegaformat "github.com/onsi/gomega/format"
 
 	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
@@ -307,6 +308,9 @@ func (tc TestContextType) ClusterIsIPv6() bool {
 // options themselves, copy flags from test/e2e/framework/config
 // as shown in HandleFlags.
 func RegisterCommonFlags(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
+	// The default is too low for objects like pods, even when using YAML. We double the default.
+	flags.IntVar(&gomegaformat.MaxLength, "gomega-max-length", 8000, "Sets the maximum size for the gomega formatter (= gomega.MaxLength). Use 0 to disable truncation.")
+
 	flags.StringVar(&TestContext.GatherKubeSystemResourceUsageData, "gather-resource-usage", "false", "If set to 'true' or 'all' framework will be monitoring resource usage of system all add-ons in (some) e2e tests, if set to 'master' framework will be monitoring master node only, if set to 'none' of 'false' monitoring will be turned off.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&TestContext.GatherLogsSizes, "gather-logs-sizes", false, "If set to true framework will be monitoring logs sizes on all machines running e2e tests.")
 	flags.IntVar(&TestContext.MaxNodesToGather, "max-nodes-to-gather-from", 20, "The maximum number of nodes to gather extended info from on test failure.")