diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index c13e8e769f0..25b86b98a8a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ type TestContextType struct {
 	RepoRoot                string
 	DockershimCheckpointDir string
 
-	Provider       string
+	// Provider identifies the infrastructure provider (gce, gke, aws)
+	Provider string
+
+	// Tooling is the tooling in use (e.g. kops, gke).  Provider is the cloud provider and might not uniquely identify the tooling.
+	Tooling string
+
 	CloudConfig    CloudConfig
 	KubectlPath    string
 	OutputDir      string
@@ -233,6 +238,7 @@ func RegisterClusterFlags() {
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.CertDir, "cert-dir", "", "Path to the directory containing the certs. Default is empty, which doesn't use certs.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.RepoRoot, "repo-root", "../../", "Root directory of kubernetes repository, for finding test files.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.Provider, "provider", "", "The name of the Kubernetes provider (gce, gke, local, etc.)")
+	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.Tooling, "tooling", "", "The tooling in use (kops, gke, etc.)")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.KubectlPath, "kubectl-path", "kubectl", "The kubectl binary to use. For development, you might use 'cluster/kubectl.sh' here.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.OutputDir, "e2e-output-dir", "/tmp", "Output directory for interesting/useful test data, like performance data, benchmarks, and other metrics.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.Prefix, "prefix", "e2e", "A prefix to be added to cloud resources created during testing.")