diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index 8b2293c5a16..658bea7397c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ type TestContextType struct {
 	DumpLogsOnFailure bool
 	// If the garbage collector is enabled in the kube-apiserver and kube-controller-manager.
 	GarbageCollectorEnabled bool
+	// FeatureGates is a set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for alpha/experimental features.
+	FeatureGates string
 	// Node e2e specific test context
 	NodeTestContextType
 }
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ func RegisterCommonFlags() {
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.Host, "host", "http://127.0.0.1:8080", "The host, or apiserver, to connect to")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.ReportPrefix, "report-prefix", "", "Optional prefix for JUnit XML reports. Default is empty, which doesn't prepend anything to the default name.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.ReportDir, "report-dir", "", "Path to the directory where the JUnit XML reports should be saved. Default is empty, which doesn't generate these reports.")
+	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.FeatureGates, "feature-gates", "", "A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for alpha/experimental features.")
 }
 
 // Register flags specific to the cluster e2e test suite.
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
index 7e45c1a28a7..cb79454eeba 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
+++ b/test/e2e_node/jenkins/jenkins-serial.properties
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ GINKGO_FLAGS='--focus="\[Serial\]" --skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Benchmark\]"'
 SETUP_NODE=false
 # DISABLED --cgroups-per-qos flag until feature stabilized.
 #TEST_ARGS=--cgroups-per-qos=false
-TEST_ARGS=
+TEST_ARGS='--feature-gates=DynamicKubeletConfig=true'
 PARALLELISM=1
 TIMEOUT=3h
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/services/services.go b/test/e2e_node/services/services.go
index 614e2c4606c..fd7e71d2897 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/services/services.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/services/services.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/kardianos/osext"
 
+	utilconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/config"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e_node/build"
 )
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ func (e *E2EServices) Start() error {
 	// TODO(random-liu): Add sudo after we statically link apiserver and etcd, because apiserver needs
 	// sudo. We can't add sudo now, because etcd may not be in PATH of root.
 	startCmd := exec.Command(testBin,
+		// TODO(mtaufen): Flags e.g. that target the TestContext need to be manually forwarded to the
+		//                test binary when we start it up in run-services mode. This is not ideal.
+		//                Very unintuitive because it prevents any falgs NOT manually forwarded here
+		//                from being set via TEST_ARGS when running tests from the command line.
 		"--run-services-mode",
 		"--server-start-timeout", serverStartTimeout.String(),
 		"--report-dir", framework.TestContext.ReportDir,
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ func (e *E2EServices) Start() error {
 		// "--cgroups-per-qos="+strconv.FormatBool(framework.TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS),
 		"--manifest-path", framework.TestContext.ManifestPath,
 		"--eviction-hard", framework.TestContext.EvictionHard,
+		"--feature-gates", framework.TestContext.FeatureGates,
 		"--logtostderr",
 		"--vmodule=*=4",
 	)
@@ -115,6 +121,9 @@ func (e *E2EServices) Stop() error {
 // RunE2EServices actually start the e2e services. This function is used to
 // start e2e services in current process. This is only used in run-services-mode.
 func RunE2EServices() {
+	// Populate global DefaultFeatureGate with value from TestContext.FeatureGates.
+	// This way, statically-linked components see the same feature gate config as the test context.
+	utilconfig.DefaultFeatureGate.Set(framework.TestContext.FeatureGates)
 	e := newE2EService()
 	if err := e.run(); err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("Failed to run e2e services: %v", err)
@@ -376,7 +385,7 @@ func (es *e2eService) startKubeletServer() (*server, error) {
 		"--pod-cidr=10.180.0.0/24", // Assign a fixed CIDR to the node because there is no node controller.
 		"--eviction-hard", framework.TestContext.EvictionHard,
 		"--eviction-pressure-transition-period", "30s",
-		"--feature-gates", "DynamicKubeletConfig=true", // TODO(mtaufen): Eventually replace with a value from the framework.TestContext
+		"--feature-gates", framework.TestContext.FeatureGates,
 	)
 	if framework.TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS {
 		// TODO: enable this when the flag is stable and available in kubelet.