diff --git a/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go b/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
index 17769b7bcee..dac920ed72e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apps/statefulset.go
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 			ginkgo.By("Running " + cmd + " in all stateful pods")
 			framework.ExpectNoError(e2estatefulset.ExecInStatefulPods(ctx, c, ss, cmd))
 
+			cmd = "ln -s /data/hostname /data/hostname-symlink"
+			ginkgo.By("Running " + cmd + " in all stateful pods")
+			framework.ExpectNoError(e2estatefulset.ExecInStatefulPods(ctx, c, ss, cmd))
+
 			ginkgo.By("Restarting statefulset " + ss.Name)
 			e2estatefulset.Restart(ctx, c, ss)
 			e2estatefulset.WaitForRunningAndReady(ctx, c, *ss.Spec.Replicas, ss)
@@ -167,6 +171,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("StatefulSet", func() {
 			cmd = "if [ \"$(cat /data/hostname)\" = \"$(hostname)\" ]; then exit 0; else exit 1; fi"
 			ginkgo.By("Running " + cmd + " in all stateful pods")
 			framework.ExpectNoError(e2estatefulset.ExecInStatefulPods(ctx, c, ss, cmd))
+
+			cmd = "if [ \"$(cat /data/hostname-symlink)\" = \"$(hostname)\" ]; then exit 0; else exit 1; fi"
+			ginkgo.By("Running " + cmd + " in all stateful pods")
+			framework.ExpectNoError(e2estatefulset.ExecInStatefulPods(ctx, c, ss, cmd))
 		})
 
 		// This can't be Conformance yet because it depends on a default