diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index 0fa85f9d1d7..14015213fcf 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:="e2e-autoscaling"}
     : ${PROJECT:="k8s-jnks-e2e-gce-autoscaling"}
     : ${FAIL_ON_GCP_RESOURCE_LEAK:="true"}
+    : ${ENABLE_DEPLOYMENTS:=true}
     # Override GCE default for cluster size autoscaling purposes.
     ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="googleinfluxdb"
     ADMISSION_CONTROL="NamespaceLifecycle,InitialResources,LimitRanger,SecurityContextDeny,ServiceAccount,ResourceQuota"
diff --git a/test/e2e/horizontal_pod_autoscaling.go b/test/e2e/horizontal_pod_autoscaling.go
index 36a4204ccc0..96b22c6fc8f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/horizontal_pod_autoscaling.go
+++ b/test/e2e/horizontal_pod_autoscaling.go
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ var _ = Describe("Horizontal pod autoscaling", func() {
 	titleDown := "%s should scale from 5 pods to 3 pods and from 3 to 1 (via %s, with scale resource: CPU)"
 
 	// CPU tests via deployments
-	It(fmt.Sprintf(titleUp, "[Skipped]", kindDeployment), func() {
+	It(fmt.Sprintf(titleUp, "[Autoscaling Suite]", kindDeployment), func() {
 		scaleUp("deployment", kindDeployment, rc, f)
 	})
-	It(fmt.Sprintf(titleDown, "[Skipped]", kindDeployment), func() {
+	It(fmt.Sprintf(titleDown, "[Autoscaling Suite]", kindDeployment), func() {
 		scaleDown("deployment", kindDeployment, rc, f)
 	})