diff --git a/test/e2e/density.go b/test/e2e/density.go
index b8db0080c1d..e81f104c32a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/density.go
+++ b/test/e2e/density.go
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ func createRunningPod(wg *sync.WaitGroup, c *client.Client, name, ns, image stri
 					Image: image,
 				},
 			},
+			DNSPolicy: api.DNSDefault,
 		},
 	}
 	_, err := c.Pods(ns).Create(pod)
diff --git a/test/e2e/util.go b/test/e2e/util.go
index bfa62cdaae1..7a0e6a7eed9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/util.go
@@ -1447,6 +1447,7 @@ func (config *RCConfig) create() error {
 							Ports:   []api.ContainerPort{{ContainerPort: 80}},
 						},
 					},
+					DNSPolicy: api.DNSDefault,
 				},
 			},
 		},