diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index a38db38fb0f..5e703805b95 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS=(
 # The following tests are known to be flaky, and are thus run only in their own
 # -flaky- build variants.
 GCE_FLAKY_TESTS=(
+    "Autoscaling"
     "ResourceUsage"
     )
 
@@ -186,6 +187,8 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
           )"}
     : ${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:="e2e-flaky"}
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jkns-e2e-gce-flaky"}
+    # Override GCE default for cluster size autoscaling purposes.
+    ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="googleinfluxdb"
     ;;
 
   # Runs all non-flaky tests on GCE in parallel.
diff --git a/test/e2e/autoscaling.go b/test/e2e/autoscaling.go
index 67e2242223f..c33db5c0fb6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/autoscaling.go
+++ b/test/e2e/autoscaling.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Autoscaling", func() {
 		expectNoError(waitForClusterSize(f.Client, nodeCount))
 	})
 
-	It("[Skipped] [Autoscaling] should scale cluster size based on cpu reservation", func() {
+	It("[Skipped] should scale cluster size based on cpu reservation", func() {
 		setUpAutoscaler("cpu/node_reservation", 0.7, 1, 10)
 
 		ReserveCpu(f, "cpu-reservation", 800)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Autoscaling", func() {
 		expectNoError(waitForClusterSize(f.Client, 1))
 	})
 
-	It("[Skipped] [Autoscaling] should scale cluster size based on memory utilization", func() {
+	It("[Skipped] should scale cluster size based on memory utilization", func() {
 		setUpAutoscaler("memory/node_utilization", 0.5, 1, 10)
 
 		ConsumeMemory(f, "memory-utilization", 2)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Autoscaling", func() {
 		expectNoError(waitForClusterSize(f.Client, 1))
 	})
 
-	It("[Skipped] [Autoscaling] should scale cluster size based on memory reservation", func() {
+	It("[Skipped] should scale cluster size based on memory reservation", func() {
 		setUpAutoscaler("memory/node_reservation", 0.5, 1, 10)
 
 		ReserveMemory(f, "memory-reservation", 2)
@@ -138,13 +138,15 @@ func ConsumeCpu(f *Framework, id string, cores int) {
 	CreateService(f, id)
 	By(fmt.Sprintf("Running RC which consumes %v cores", cores))
 	config := &RCConfig{
-		Client:    f.Client,
-		Name:      id,
-		Namespace: f.Namespace.Name,
-		Timeout:   10 * time.Minute,
-		Image:     "jess/stress",
-		Command:   []string{"stress", "-c", "1"},
-		Replicas:  cores,
+		Client:     f.Client,
+		Name:       id,
+		Namespace:  f.Namespace.Name,
+		Timeout:    10 * time.Minute,
+		Image:      "jess/stress",
+		Command:    []string{"stress", "-c", "1"},
+		Replicas:   cores,
+		CpuRequest: 500,
+		CpuLimit:   1000,
 	}
 	expectNoError(RunRC(*config))
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/util.go b/test/e2e/util.go
index 48867f1ebe4..af69273ce72 100644
--- a/test/e2e/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/util.go
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ type RCConfig struct {
 	Timeout       time.Duration
 	PodStatusFile *os.File
 	Replicas      int
+	CpuRequest    int64 // millicores
 	CpuLimit      int64 // millicores
+	MemRequest    int64 // bytes
 	MemLimit      int64 // bytes
 
 	// Env vars, set the same for every pod.
@@ -1201,6 +1203,15 @@ func RunRC(config RCConfig) error {
 	if config.MemLimit > 0 {
 		rc.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Limits[api.ResourceMemory] = *resource.NewQuantity(config.MemLimit, resource.DecimalSI)
 	}
+	if config.CpuRequest > 0 || config.MemRequest > 0 {
+		rc.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Requests = api.ResourceList{}
+	}
+	if config.CpuRequest > 0 {
+		rc.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Requests[api.ResourceCPU] = *resource.NewMilliQuantity(config.CpuRequest, resource.DecimalSI)
+	}
+	if config.MemRequest > 0 {
+		rc.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Resources.Requests[api.ResourceMemory] = *resource.NewQuantity(config.MemRequest, resource.DecimalSI)
+	}
 
 	_, err := config.Client.ReplicationControllers(config.Namespace).Create(rc)
 	if err != nil {