diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e8fe105e48..78ef71d8fce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Session.vim
 *.test
 /hack/.test-cmd-auth
 
+# JUnit test output from ginkgo e2e tests
+/junit*.xml
+
 # Mercurial files
 **/.hg
 **/.hg*
diff --git a/cmd/e2e/e2e.go b/cmd/e2e/e2e.go
index becbf9abd90..1cada546ab6 100644
--- a/cmd/e2e/e2e.go
+++ b/cmd/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	authConfig = flag.String("auth_config", os.Getenv("HOME")+"/.kubernetes_auth", "Path to the auth info file.")
 	certDir    = flag.String("cert_dir", "", "Path to the directory containing the certs. Default is empty, which doesn't use certs.")
+	reportDir  = flag.String("report_dir", "", "Path to the directory where the JUnit XML reports should be saved. Default is empty, which doesn't generate these reports.")
 	host       = flag.String("host", "", "The host to connect to")
 	repoRoot   = flag.String("repo_root", "./", "Root directory of kubernetes repository, for finding test files. Default assumes working directory is repository root")
 	provider   = flag.String("provider", "", "The name of the Kubernetes provider")
@@ -52,5 +53,5 @@ func main() {
 		glog.Error("Invalid --times (negative or no testing requested)!")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	e2e.RunE2ETests(*authConfig, *certDir, *host, *repoRoot, *provider, *orderseed, *times, testList)
+	e2e.RunE2ETests(*authConfig, *certDir, *host, *repoRoot, *provider, *orderseed, *times, *reportDir, testList)
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/driver.go b/test/e2e/driver.go
index 58882516295..95ca1643b5c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/driver.go
+++ b/test/e2e/driver.go
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"path"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/config"
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/reporters"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ func (t *testResult) Fail() { *t = false }
 
 // Run each Go end-to-end-test. This function assumes the
 // creation of a test cluster.
-func RunE2ETests(authConfig, certDir, host, repoRoot, provider string, orderseed int64, times int, testList []string) {
+func RunE2ETests(authConfig, certDir, host, repoRoot, provider string, orderseed int64, times int, reportDir string, testList []string) {
 	testContext = testContextType{authConfig, certDir, host, repoRoot, provider}
 	util.ReallyCrash = true
 	util.InitLogs()
@@ -57,7 +59,14 @@ func RunE2ETests(authConfig, certDir, host, repoRoot, provider string, orderseed
 	gomega.RegisterFailHandler(ginkgo.Fail)
 	// Turn of colors for now to make it easier to collect console output in Jenkins
 	config.DefaultReporterConfig.NoColor = true
-	ginkgo.RunSpecs(&passed, "Kubernetes e2e Suite")
+	var r []ginkgo.Reporter
+	if reportDir != "" {
+		// TODO: When we start using parallel tests we need to change this to "junit_%d.xml",
+		// see ginkgo docs for more details.
+		r = append(r, reporters.NewJUnitReporter(path.Join(reportDir, "junit.xml")))
+	}
+	// Run the existing tests with output to console + JUnit for Jenkins
+	ginkgo.RunSpecsWithDefaultAndCustomReporters(&passed, "Kubernetes e2e Suite", r)
 
 	if !passed {
 		glog.Fatalf("At least one test failed")