diff --git a/test/e2e/auth/audit.go b/test/e2e/auth/audit.go
index 0bf6b9e197a..1d6b8ae8598 100644
--- a/test/e2e/auth/audit.go
+++ b/test/e2e/auth/audit.go
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Advanced Audit", func() {
 		anonymousClient, err := clientset.NewForConfig(config)
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
+		By("Creating a kubernetes client that impersonates an authorized user")
+		config, err = framework.LoadConfig()
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		config.Impersonate = restclient.ImpersonationConfig{
+			UserName: "superman",
+			Groups:   []string{"system:masters"},
+		}
+		impersonatedClient, err := clientset.NewForConfig(config)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
 		testCases := []struct {
 			action func()
 			events []utils.AuditEvent
@@ -668,6 +678,30 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Advanced Audit", func() {
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			// List pods as impersonated user.
+			{
+				func() {
+					_, err = impersonatedClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(metav1.ListOptions{})
+					framework.ExpectNoError(err, "failed to list pods")
+				},
+				[]utils.AuditEvent{
+					{
+						Level:              auditinternal.LevelRequest,
+						Stage:              auditinternal.StageResponseComplete,
+						RequestURI:         fmt.Sprintf("/api/v1/namespaces/%s/pods", namespace),
+						Verb:               "list",
+						Code:               200,
+						User:               auditTestUser,
+						ImpersonatedUser:   "superman",
+						ImpersonatedGroups: "system:masters",
+						Resource:           "pods",
+						Namespace:          namespace,
+						RequestObject:      false,
+						ResponseObject:     false,
+						AuthorizeDecision:  "allow",
+					},
+				},
+			},
 		}
 
 		// test authorizer annotations, RBAC is required.
@@ -684,17 +718,19 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Advanced Audit", func() {
 				},
 				[]utils.AuditEvent{
 					{
-						Level:             auditinternal.LevelRequest,
-						Stage:             auditinternal.StageResponseComplete,
-						RequestURI:        fmt.Sprintf("/api/v1/namespaces/%s/pods/another-audit-pod", namespace),
-						Verb:              "get",
-						Code:              403,
-						User:              auditTestUser,
-						Resource:          "pods",
-						Namespace:         namespace,
-						RequestObject:     false,
-						ResponseObject:    false,
-						AuthorizeDecision: "forbid",
+						Level:              auditinternal.LevelRequest,
+						Stage:              auditinternal.StageResponseComplete,
+						RequestURI:         fmt.Sprintf("/api/v1/namespaces/%s/pods/another-audit-pod", namespace),
+						Verb:               "get",
+						Code:               403,
+						User:               auditTestUser,
+						ImpersonatedUser:   "system:anonymous",
+						ImpersonatedGroups: "system:unauthenticated",
+						Resource:           "pods",
+						Namespace:          namespace,
+						RequestObject:      false,
+						ResponseObject:     false,
+						AuthorizeDecision:  "forbid",
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/test/utils/audit.go b/test/utils/audit.go
index e4cd1b07722..c78cb2719a2 100644
--- a/test/utils/audit.go
+++ b/test/utils/audit.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
@@ -28,17 +30,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 type AuditEvent struct {
-	Level             auditinternal.Level
-	Stage             auditinternal.Stage
-	RequestURI        string
-	Verb              string
-	Code              int32
-	User              string
-	Resource          string
-	Namespace         string
-	RequestObject     bool
-	ResponseObject    bool
-	AuthorizeDecision string
+	Level              auditinternal.Level
+	Stage              auditinternal.Stage
+	RequestURI         string
+	Verb               string
+	Code               int32
+	User               string
+	ImpersonatedUser   string
+	ImpersonatedGroups string
+	Resource           string
+	Namespace          string
+	RequestObject      bool
+	ResponseObject     bool
+	AuthorizeDecision  string
 }
 
 // Search the audit log for the expected audit lines.
@@ -101,6 +105,11 @@ func parseAuditLine(line string, version schema.GroupVersion) (AuditEvent, error
 	if e.RequestObject != nil {
 		event.RequestObject = true
 	}
+	if e.ImpersonatedUser != nil {
+		event.ImpersonatedUser = e.ImpersonatedUser.Username
+		sort.Strings(e.ImpersonatedUser.Groups)
+		event.ImpersonatedGroups = strings.Join(e.ImpersonatedUser.Groups, ",")
+	}
 	event.AuthorizeDecision = e.Annotations["authorization.k8s.io/decision"]
 	return event, nil
 }