diff --git a/test/e2e_node/e2e_build.go b/test/e2e_node/e2e_build.go
index f798013dc7f..9f1672fcdbd 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/e2e_build.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/e2e_build.go
@@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ import (
 
 var k8sBinDir = flag.String("k8s-bin-dir", "", "Directory containing k8s kubelet and kube-apiserver binaries.")
 
+var buildTargets = []string{
+	"cmd/kubelet",
+	"cmd/kube-apiserver",
+	"test/e2e_node/e2e_node.test",
+	"vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo",
+}
+
 func buildGo() {
 	glog.Infof("Building k8s binaries...")
 	k8sRoot, err := getK8sRootDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("Failed to locate kubernetes root directory %v.", err)
 	}
-	cmd := exec.Command(filepath.Join(k8sRoot, "hack/build-go.sh"))
+	cmd := exec.Command(filepath.Join(k8sRoot, "hack/build-go.sh"), buildTargets...)
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	err = cmd.Run()
@@ -53,7 +60,7 @@ func getK8sBin(bin string) (string, error) {
 			return "", err
 		}
 		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(*k8sBinDir, bin)); err != nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("Could not find kube-apiserver under directory %s.", absPath)
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("Could not find %s under directory %s.", bin, absPath)
 		}
 		return filepath.Join(absPath, bin), nil
 	}