diff --git a/test/e2e_node/BUILD b/test/e2e_node/BUILD
index 38ddb45f489..7b89ed0fa2a 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e_node/BUILD
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/cm/topologymanager:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/container:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubelet/events:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/eviction:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/eviction/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/kubelet/images:go_default_library",
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ go_test(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/common:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
+        "//test/e2e/framework/events:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/gpu:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/kubectl:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework/manifest:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/pod_hostnamefqdn_test.go b/test/e2e_node/pod_hostnamefqdn_test.go
index 35eee7a2e2e..c2b7d3e35c9 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/pod_hostnamefqdn_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/pod_hostnamefqdn_test.go
@@ -24,10 +24,16 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"time"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/events"
+
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2eevents "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/events"
+	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -41,8 +47,8 @@ func generatePodName(base string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", base, id)
 }
 
-func testPod() *v1.Pod {
-	podName := generatePodName("hostfqdn")
+func testPod(podnamebase string) *v1.Pod {
+	podName := generatePodName(podnamebase)
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:        podName,
@@ -65,6 +71,10 @@ func testPod() *v1.Pod {
 
 var _ = SIGDescribe("Hostname of Pod [Feature:SetHostnameAsFQDN][NodeAlphaFeature:SetHostnameAsFQDN]", func() {
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("hostfqdn")
+	dnsDomain := "cluster.local"
+	if cdn := framework.TestContext.ClusterDNSDomain; cdn != "" {
+		dnsDomain = cdn
+	}
 
 	/*
 	   Release: v1.19
@@ -72,11 +82,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Hostname of Pod [Feature:SetHostnameAsFQDN][NodeAlphaFeatur
 	   Description: A Pod that does not define the subdomain field in it spec, does not have FQDN.
 	*/
 	ginkgo.It("a pod without subdomain field does not have FQDN", func() {
-		pod := testPod()
+		pod := testPod("hostfqdn")
 		pod.Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"sh", "-c", "echo $(hostname)';'$(hostname -f)';'"}
 		output := []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s;%s;", pod.ObjectMeta.Name, pod.ObjectMeta.Name)}
 		// Create Pod
-		f.TestContainerOutput("shotname only", pod, 0, output)
+		f.TestContainerOutput("shortname only", pod, 0, output)
 	})
 
 	/*
@@ -86,14 +96,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Hostname of Pod [Feature:SetHostnameAsFQDN][NodeAlphaFeatur
 	                Hence, SetHostnameAsFQDN feature has no effect.
 	*/
 	ginkgo.It("a pod without FQDN is not affected by SetHostnameAsFQDN field", func() {
-		pod := testPod()
+		pod := testPod("hostfqdn")
 		// Setting setHostnameAsFQDN field to true should have no effect.
 		setHostnameAsFQDN := true
 		pod.Spec.SetHostnameAsFQDN = &setHostnameAsFQDN
 		pod.Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"sh", "-c", "echo $(hostname)';'$(hostname -f)';'"}
 		output := []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s;%s;", pod.ObjectMeta.Name, pod.ObjectMeta.Name)}
 		// Create Pod
-		f.TestContainerOutput("shotname only", pod, 0, output)
+		f.TestContainerOutput("shortname only", pod, 0, output)
 	})
 
 	/*
@@ -103,16 +113,16 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Hostname of Pod [Feature:SetHostnameAsFQDN][NodeAlphaFeatur
 	                hostname command returns shortname (pod name in this case), and hostname -f returns FQDN.
 	*/
 	ginkgo.It("a pod with subdomain field has FQDN, hostname is shortname", func() {
-		pod := testPod()
+		pod := testPod("hostfqdn")
 		pod.Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"sh", "-c", "echo $(hostname)';'$(hostname -f)';'"}
 		subdomain := "t"
 		// Set PodSpec subdomain field to generate FQDN for pod
 		pod.Spec.Subdomain = subdomain
 		// Expected Pod FQDN
-		hostFQDN := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s.svc.%s", pod.ObjectMeta.Name, subdomain, f.Namespace.Name, framework.TestContext.ClusterDNSDomain)
+		hostFQDN := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s.svc.%s", pod.ObjectMeta.Name, subdomain, f.Namespace.Name, dnsDomain)
 		output := []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s;%s;", pod.ObjectMeta.Name, hostFQDN)}
 		// Create Pod
-		f.TestContainerOutput("shotname and fqdn", pod, 0, output)
+		f.TestContainerOutput("shortname and fqdn", pod, 0, output)
 	})
 
 	/*
@@ -122,7 +132,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Hostname of Pod [Feature:SetHostnameAsFQDN][NodeAlphaFeatur
 	                hostname is set to be the FQDN. In this case, both commands hostname and hostname -f return the FQDN of the Pod.
 	*/
 	ginkgo.It("a pod with subdomain field has FQDN, when setHostnameAsFQDN is set to true, the FQDN is set as hostname", func() {
-		pod := testPod()
+		pod := testPod("hostfqdn")
 		pod.Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"sh", "-c", "echo $(hostname)';'$(hostname -f)';'"}
 		subdomain := "t"
 		// Set PodSpec subdomain field to generate FQDN for pod
@@ -131,7 +141,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Hostname of Pod [Feature:SetHostnameAsFQDN][NodeAlphaFeatur
 		setHostnameAsFQDN := true
 		pod.Spec.SetHostnameAsFQDN = &setHostnameAsFQDN
 		// Expected Pod FQDN
-		hostFQDN := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s.svc.%s", pod.ObjectMeta.Name, subdomain, f.Namespace.Name, framework.TestContext.ClusterDNSDomain)
+		hostFQDN := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s.svc.%s", pod.ObjectMeta.Name, subdomain, f.Namespace.Name, dnsDomain)
 		// Fail if FQDN is longer than 64 characters, otherwise the Pod will remain pending until test timeout.
 		// In Linux, 64 characters is the limit of the hostname kernel field, which this test sets to the pod FQDN.
 		framework.ExpectEqual(len(hostFQDN) < 65, true, fmt.Sprintf("The FQDN of the Pod cannot be longer than 64 characters, requested %s which is %d characters long.", hostFQDN, len(hostFQDN)))
@@ -140,4 +150,81 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Hostname of Pod [Feature:SetHostnameAsFQDN][NodeAlphaFeatur
 		f.TestContainerOutput("fqdn and fqdn", pod, 0, output)
 	})
 
+	/*
+	   Release: v1.20
+	   Testname: Fail to Create Pod with longer than 64 bytes FQDN when setHostnameAsFQDN field set to true.
+	   Description: A Pod that defines the subdomain field in it spec has FQDN.
+	                 When setHostnameAsFQDN: true, the hostname is set to be
+	                 the FQDN. Since kernel limit is 64 bytes for hostname field,
+	                 if pod FQDN is longer than 64 bytes it will generate events
+	                 regarding FailedCreatePodSandBox.
+	*/
+
+	ginkgo.It("a pod configured to set FQDN as hostname will remain in Pending "+
+		"state generating FailedCreatePodSandBox events when the FQDN is "+
+		"longer than 64 bytes", func() {
+		// 55 characters for name plus -<int>.t.svc.cluster.local is way more than 64 bytes
+		pod := testPod("hostfqdnveryveryveryverylongforfqdntobemorethan64bytes")
+		pod.Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"sh", "-c", "echo $(hostname)';'$(hostname -f)';'"}
+		subdomain := "t"
+		// Set PodSpec subdomain field to generate FQDN for pod
+		pod.Spec.Subdomain = subdomain
+		// Set PodSpec setHostnameAsFQDN to set FQDN as hostname
+		setHostnameAsFQDN := true
+		pod.Spec.SetHostnameAsFQDN = &setHostnameAsFQDN
+		// Create Pod
+		launchedPod := f.PodClient().Create(pod)
+		// Ensure we delete pod
+		defer f.PodClient().DeleteSync(launchedPod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{}, framework.DefaultPodDeletionTimeout)
+
+		// Pod should remain in the pending state generating events with reason FailedCreatePodSandBox
+		// Expected Message Error Event
+		expectedMessage := "Failed to create pod sandbox: failed " +
+			"to construct FQDN from pod hostname and cluster domain, FQDN "
+		framework.Logf("Waiting for Pod to generate FailedCreatePodSandBox event.")
+		// Wait for event with reason FailedCreatePodSandBox
+		expectSandboxFailureEvent(f, launchedPod, expectedMessage)
+		// Check Pod is in Pending Phase
+		err := checkPodIsPending(f, launchedPod.ObjectMeta.Name, launchedPod.ObjectMeta.Namespace)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+	})
 })
+
+// expectSandboxFailureEvent polls for an event with reason "FailedCreatePodSandBox" containing the
+// expected message string.
+func expectSandboxFailureEvent(f *framework.Framework, pod *v1.Pod, msg string) {
+	eventSelector := fields.Set{
+		"involvedObject.kind":      "Pod",
+		"involvedObject.name":      pod.Name,
+		"involvedObject.namespace": f.Namespace.Name,
+		"reason":                   events.FailedCreatePodSandBox,
+	}.AsSelector().String()
+	framework.ExpectNoError(e2eevents.WaitTimeoutForEvent(
+		f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, eventSelector, msg, framework.PodEventTimeout))
+}
+
+func checkPodIsPending(f *framework.Framework, podName, namespace string) error {
+	c := f.ClientSet
+	// we call this functoin after we saw event failing to create Pod, hence
+	// pod has already been created and it should be in Pending status. Giving
+	// 30 seconds to fetch the pod to avoid failing for transient issues getting
+	// pods.
+	fetchPodTimeout := 30 * time.Second
+	return e2epod.WaitForPodCondition(c, namespace, podName, "Failed to Create Pod", fetchPodTimeout, func(pod *v1.Pod) (bool, error) {
+		// We are looking for the pod to be scheduled and in Pending state
+		if pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodPending {
+			for _, cond := range pod.Status.Conditions {
+				if cond.Type == v1.PodScheduled && cond.Status == v1.ConditionTrue {
+					return true, nil
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// If pod gets to this status, either FQDN is shorter than 64bytes
+		// or setHostnameAsFQDN feature is not enable/in use.
+		if pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodRunning || pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodSucceeded || pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodFailed {
+			return true, fmt.Errorf("Expected pod %q in namespace %q to be in phase Pending, but got phase: %v", podName, namespace, pod.Status.Phase)
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+}