diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
index 1269cb883dd..5a355c35949 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/BUILD
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ go_library(
         "//test/e2e/framework/resource:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/service:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/skipper:go_default_library",
+        "//test/e2e/framework/testfiles:go_default_library",
         "//test/utils:go_default_library",
         "//test/utils/image:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/scheduling/nvidia-gpus.go b/test/e2e/scheduling/nvidia-gpus.go
index 334a6f5b9f6..313e773b8e2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scheduling/nvidia-gpus.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scheduling/nvidia-gpus.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"time"
 
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/providers/gce"
 	e2eresource "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/resource"
 	e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper"
+	e2etestfiles "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/testfiles"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	gpuResourceName v1.ResourceName
-	dsYamlURL       string
 )
 
 func makeCudaAdditionDevicePluginTestPod() *v1.Pod {
@@ -128,18 +129,23 @@ func getGPUsAvailable(f *framework.Framework) int64 {
 func SetupNVIDIAGPUNode(f *framework.Framework, setupResourceGatherer bool) *framework.ContainerResourceGatherer {
 	logOSImages(f)
 
+	var err error
+	var ds *appsv1.DaemonSet
 	dsYamlURLFromEnv := os.Getenv("NVIDIA_DRIVER_INSTALLER_DAEMONSET")
 	if dsYamlURLFromEnv != "" {
-		dsYamlURL = dsYamlURLFromEnv
+		// Using DaemonSet from remote URL
+		framework.Logf("Using remote nvidia-driver-installer daemonset manifest from %v", dsYamlURLFromEnv)
+		ds, err = e2emanifest.DaemonSetFromURL(dsYamlURLFromEnv)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed get remote")
 	} else {
-		dsYamlURL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/container-engine-accelerators/master/daemonset.yaml"
+		// Using default local DaemonSet
+		framework.Logf("Using default local nvidia-driver-installer daemonset manifest.")
+		data, err := e2etestfiles.Read("test/e2e/testing-manifests/scheduling/nvidia-driver-installer.yaml")
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to read local manifest for nvidia-driver-installer daemonset")
+		ds, err = e2emanifest.DaemonSetFromData(data)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to parse local manifest for nvidia-driver-installer daemonset")
 	}
 	gpuResourceName = e2egpu.NVIDIAGPUResourceName
-
-	framework.Logf("Using %v", dsYamlURL)
-	// Creates the DaemonSet that installs Nvidia Drivers.
-	ds, err := e2emanifest.DaemonSetFromURL(dsYamlURL)
-	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	ds.Namespace = f.Namespace.Name
 	_, err = f.ClientSet.AppsV1().DaemonSets(f.Namespace.Name).Create(context.TODO(), ds, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to create nvidia-driver-installer daemonset")
diff --git a/test/e2e/testing-manifests/scheduling/nvidia-driver-installer.yaml b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/scheduling/nvidia-driver-installer.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79eafba0457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/testing-manifests/scheduling/nvidia-driver-installer.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# This DaemonSet was originally referenced from
+# https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/container-engine-accelerators/blob/master/daemonset.yaml
+
+# The Dockerfile and other source for this daemonset are in
+# https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cos-gpu-installer
+
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: nvidia-driver-installer
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: nvidia-driver-installer
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: nvidia-driver-installer
+  updateStrategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        name: nvidia-driver-installer
+        k8s-app: nvidia-driver-installer
+    spec:
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+            - matchExpressions:
+              - key: cloud.google.com/gke-accelerator
+                operator: Exists
+      tolerations:
+      - operator: "Exists"
+      hostNetwork: true
+      hostPID: true
+      volumes:
+      - name: dev
+        hostPath:
+          path: /dev
+      - name: vulkan-icd-mount
+        hostPath:
+          path: /home/kubernetes/bin/nvidia/vulkan/icd.d
+      - name: nvidia-install-dir-host
+        hostPath:
+          path: /home/kubernetes/bin/nvidia
+      - name: root-mount
+        hostPath:
+          path: /
+      initContainers:
+      - image: gcr.io/cos-cloud/cos-gpu-installer:v20200701
+        name: nvidia-driver-installer
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 0.15
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        env:
+          - name: NVIDIA_INSTALL_DIR_HOST
+            value: /home/kubernetes/bin/nvidia
+          - name: NVIDIA_INSTALL_DIR_CONTAINER
+            value: /usr/local/nvidia
+          - name: VULKAN_ICD_DIR_HOST
+            value: /home/kubernetes/bin/nvidia/vulkan/icd.d
+          - name: VULKAN_ICD_DIR_CONTAINER
+            value: /etc/vulkan/icd.d
+          - name: ROOT_MOUNT_DIR
+            value: /root
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: nvidia-install-dir-host
+          mountPath: /usr/local/nvidia
+        - name: vulkan-icd-mount
+          mountPath: /etc/vulkan/icd.d
+        - name: dev
+          mountPath: /dev
+        - name: root-mount
+          mountPath: /root
+      containers:
+      - image: "gcr.io/google-containers/pause:3.2"
+        name: pause
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