diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index c99c80c246d..a6b4c5d302a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -169,6 +169,6 @@ func RegisterNodeFlags() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.DisableKubenet, "disable-kubenet", false, "If true, start kubelet without kubenet. (default false)")
 	// TODO: uncomment this when the flag is re-enabled in kubelet
 	//flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.CgroupsPerQOS, "cgroups-per-qos", false, "Enable creation of QoS cgroup hierarchy, if true top level QoS and pod cgroups are created.")
-	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.EvictionHard, "eviction-hard", "memory.available<250Mi,imagefs.available<10%%", "The hard eviction thresholds. If set, pods get evicted when the specified resources drop below the thresholds.")
+	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.EvictionHard, "eviction-hard", "memory.available<250Mi,imagefs.available<10%", "The hard eviction thresholds. If set, pods get evicted when the specified resources drop below the thresholds.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.ManifestPath, "manifest-path", "", "The path to the static pod manifest file.")
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/disk_eviction_test.go b/test/e2e_node/disk_eviction_test.go
index 4de87537449..2415dd158e8 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/disk_eviction_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/disk_eviction_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubelet Eviction Manager [Serial] [Disruptive]",
 			})
 
 			BeforeEach(func() {
-				if !evictionOptionIsSet() {
+				if !isImageSupported() || !evictionOptionIsSet() {
 					return
 				}
 
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Kubelet Eviction Manager [Serial] [Disruptive]",
 			})
 
 			It("should evict the pod using the most disk space [Slow]", func() {
+				if !isImageSupported() {
+					framework.Logf("test skipped because the image is not supported by the test")
+					return
+				}
 				if !evictionOptionIsSet() {
 					framework.Logf("test skipped because eviction option is not set")
 					return
@@ -217,3 +221,9 @@ func recordContainerId(containersToCleanUp map[string]bool, containerStatuses []
 func evictionOptionIsSet() bool {
 	return len(framework.TestContext.EvictionHard) > 0
 }
+
+func isImageSupported() bool {
+	// TODO: Only images with image fs is selected for testing for now. When the kubelet settings can be dynamically updated,
+	// instead of skipping images the eviction thresholds should be adjusted based on the images.
+	return strings.Contains(framework.TestContext.NodeName, "-gci-dev-")
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go b/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
index 9a68f416ccc..c41c9705fb8 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/e2e_service.go
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ func (es *e2eService) startKubeletServer() (*server, error) {
 		es.logFiles["kubelet.log"] = logFileData{
 			journalctlCommand: []string{"-u", unitName},
 		}
+		framework.TestContext.EvictionHard = adjustConfigForSystemd(framework.TestContext.EvictionHard)
 	} else {
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, getKubeletServerBin())
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs,
@@ -705,3 +706,7 @@ func (s *server) kill() error {
 
 	return fmt.Errorf("unable to stop %q", name)
 }
+
+func adjustConfigForSystemd(config string) string {
+	return strings.Replace(config, "%", "%%", -1)
+}