diff --git a/cluster/kubemark/config-default.sh b/cluster/kubemark/config-default.sh
index 313bc34b269..fa92b50f391 100644
--- a/cluster/kubemark/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/kubemark/config-default.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ SCHEDULER_TEST_LOG_LEVEL="${SCHEDULER_TEST_LOG_LEVEL:-$TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL}"
 KUBEPROXY_TEST_LOG_LEVEL="${KUBEPROXY_TEST_LOG_LEVEL:-$TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL}"
 
 TEST_CLUSTER_DELETE_COLLECTION_WORKERS="${TEST_CLUSTER_DELETE_COLLECTION_WORKERS:---delete-collection-workers=16}"
+TEST_CLUSTER_MAX_REQUESTS_INFLIGHT="${TEST_CLUSTER_MAX_REQUESTS_INFLIGHT:-}"
 TEST_CLUSTER_RESYNC_PERIOD="${TEST_CLUSTER_RESYNC_PERIOD:-}"
 
 KUBEMARK_MASTER_COMPONENTS_QPS_LIMITS="${KUBEMARK_MASTER_COMPONENTS_QPS_LIMITS:-}"
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ TEST_CLUSTER_STORAGE_CONTENT_TYPE="${TEST_CLUSTER_STORAGE_CONTENT_TYPE:-}"
 ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR=${ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR:-true}
 
 KUBELET_TEST_ARGS="--max-pods=100 $TEST_CLUSTER_LOG_LEVEL ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE}"
-APISERVER_TEST_ARGS="--runtime-config=extensions/v1beta1 ${API_SERVER_TEST_LOG_LEVEL} ${TEST_CLUSTER_STORAGE_CONTENT_TYPE} ${TEST_CLUSTER_DELETE_COLLECTION_WORKERS} --enable-garbage-collector=${ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR}"
+APISERVER_TEST_ARGS="--runtime-config=extensions/v1beta1 ${API_SERVER_TEST_LOG_LEVEL} ${TEST_CLUSTER_STORAGE_CONTENT_TYPE} ${TEST_CLUSTER_MAX_REQUESTS_INFLIGHT} ${TEST_CLUSTER_DELETE_COLLECTION_WORKERS} --enable-garbage-collector=${ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR}"
 CONTROLLER_MANAGER_TEST_ARGS="${CONTROLLER_MANAGER_TEST_LOG_LEVEL} ${TEST_CLUSTER_RESYNC_PERIOD} ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE} ${KUBEMARK_MASTER_COMPONENTS_QPS_LIMITS} --enable-garbage-collector=${ENABLE_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR}"
 SCHEDULER_TEST_ARGS="${SCHEDULER_TEST_LOG_LEVEL} ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE} ${KUBEMARK_MASTER_COMPONENTS_QPS_LIMITS}"
 KUBEPROXY_TEST_ARGS="${KUBEPROXY_TEST_LOG_LEVEL} ${TEST_CLUSTER_API_CONTENT_TYPE}"
diff --git a/test/e2e/load.go b/test/e2e/load.go
index 712ba020d3b..22b1ac3595d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/load.go
+++ b/test/e2e/load.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -70,11 +71,21 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Load capacity", func() {
 		Expect(highLatencyRequests).NotTo(BeNumerically(">", 0))
 	})
 
+	// We assume a default throughput of 10 pods/second throughput.
+	// We may want to revisit it in the future.
+	// However, this can be overriden by LOAD_TEST_THROUGHPUT env var.
+	throughput := 10
+	if throughputEnv := os.Getenv("LOAD_TEST_THROUGHPUT"); throughputEnv != "" {
+		if newThroughput, err := strconv.Atoi(throughputEnv); err == nil {
+			throughput = newThroughput
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Explicitly put here, to delete namespace at the end of the test
 	// (after measuring latency metrics, etc.).
 	options := framework.FrameworkOptions{
-		ClientQPS:   50,
-		ClientBurst: 100,
+		ClientQPS:   float32(math.Max(50.0, float64(2*throughput))),
+		ClientBurst: int(math.Max(100.0, float64(4*throughput))),
 	}
 	f := framework.NewFramework("load", options, nil)
 	f.NamespaceDeletionTimeout = time.Hour
@@ -142,16 +153,6 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Load capacity", func() {
 				framework.Logf("Skipping service creation")
 			}
 
-			// We assume a default throughput of 10 pods/second throughput.
-			// We may want to revisit it in the future.
-			// However, this can be overriden by LOAD_TEST_THROUGHPUT env var.
-			throughput := 10
-			if throughputEnv := os.Getenv("LOAD_TEST_THROUGHPUT"); throughputEnv != "" {
-				if newThroughput, err := strconv.Atoi(throughputEnv); err == nil {
-					throughput = newThroughput
-				}
-			}
-
 			// Simulate lifetime of RC:
 			//  * create with initial size
 			//  * scale RC to a random size and list all pods