diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml
index ac004b706..841b3ee6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./e2e
         run: ./test-simple-macvlan1.sh
 
+      - name: Test static pod
+        working-directory: ./e2e
+        run: ./test-static-pod.sh
+
       - name: Test default route1
         working-directory: ./e2e
         run: ./test-default-route1.sh
diff --git a/e2e/setup_cluster.sh b/e2e/setup_cluster.sh
index f296e29b6..1ee1bf3b1 100755
--- a/e2e/setup_cluster.sh
+++ b/e2e/setup_cluster.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ containerdConfigPatches:
 nodes:
   - role: control-plane
   - role: worker
+    kubeadmConfigPatches:
+    - |
+      kind: InitConfiguration
+      nodeRegistration:
+        kubeletExtraArgs:
+          pod-manifest-path: "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/"
   - role: worker
 EOF
 
diff --git a/e2e/simple-static-pod.yml b/e2e/simple-static-pod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b63efbbf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/simple-static-pod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: static-web
+  annotations:
+    k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: "bridge-nad"
+spec: 
+  containers: 
+    - name: web 
+      image: centos:8 
+      command: ["/bin/bash", "-c", "trap : TERM INT; sleep infinity & wait"]
diff --git a/e2e/static-pod-nad.yml b/e2e/static-pod-nad.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f817378a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/static-pod-nad.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
+kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: bridge-nad
+spec: 
+  config: '{
+    "cniVersion": "0.3.1",
+    "name": "testnet",
+    "type": "bridge",
+    "bridge": "testnet0",
+    "ipam": {
+        "type": "host-local",
+        "subnet": "10.10.0.0/16"
+    }
+}'
diff --git a/e2e/test-static-pod.sh b/e2e/test-static-pod.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9f34bc215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/test-static-pod.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -o errexit
+
+echo "Creating network attachment definition"
+kubectl create -f static-pod-nad.yml
+
+echo "Creating static pod config file"
+docker cp simple-static-pod.yml kind-worker:/etc/kubernetes/manifests/static-web.yaml
+
+echo "Waiting for static pod to start"
+kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --namespace=default pod/static-web-kind-worker
+
+echo "Checking the pod annotation for net1 interface"
+kubectl exec static-web-kind-worker --namespace=default -- ip a show dev net1
+
+echo "Deleting static pod"
+docker exec kind-worker /bin/bash -c "rm /etc/kubernetes/manifests/static-web.yaml"
+
+echo "Deleting network attachment definition"
+kubectl delete -f static-pod-nad.yml
+
+echo "Test complete"