diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml
index e3f0ca065..cf64cd74a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./e2e
         run: ./test-default-route1.sh
 
+      - name: Run golang e2e tests
+        run: ./hack/test-e2e.sh
+
       - name: cleanup cluster and registry
         run: |
           kind delete cluster
diff --git a/e2e/multus_test.go b/e2e/multus_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f71227ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/multus_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 Multus Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+	nadv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/network-attachment-definition-client/pkg/apis/k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Multus basic operations", func() {
+	const (
+		namespace           = "default"
+		numberOfWorkerNodes = 2
+	)
+
+	Context("Simple macvlan delegate", func() {
+		const lowerDevice = "eth1"
+
+		const (
+			firstPodIP    = "10.1.1.11/24"
+			firstPodName  = "macvlan1-worker1"
+			secondPodIP   = "10.1.1.12/24"
+			secondPodName = "macvlan1-worker2"
+			networkName   = "macvlan1-config"
+		)
+
+		var (
+			firstNode  *v1.Node
+			secondNode *v1.Node
+
+			firstPod  *v1.Pod
+			secondPod *v1.Pod
+
+			nad *nadv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinition
+		)
+
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			var err error
+			nad, err = clientset.nadClientSet.K8sCniCncfIoV1().NetworkAttachmentDefinitions(namespace).Create(
+				context.TODO(),
+				newMacvlanNetworkAttachmentDefinitionSpec(
+					namespace, networkName, lowerDevice),
+				metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "should have been able to create the NET-ATTACH-DEF")
+
+			nodes, _ := clientset.k8sClientSet.CoreV1().Nodes().List(
+				context.TODO(),
+				metav1.ListOptions{
+					LabelSelector: "!node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane",
+				})
+			Expect(nodes.Items).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+			Expect(len(nodes.Items)).To(Equal(numberOfWorkerNodes))
+
+			firstNode = &nodes.Items[0]
+			secondNode = &nodes.Items[1]
+		})
+
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			firstNodeName := firstNode.GetName()
+			firstPod = newPod(
+				namespace,
+				firstPodName,
+				&firstNodeName,
+				nadv1.NetworkSelectionElement{
+					Name:      networkName,
+					Namespace: namespace,
+					IPRequest: []string{firstPodIP},
+				})
+
+			secondNodeName := secondNode.GetName()
+			secondPod = newPod(
+				namespace,
+				secondPodName,
+				&secondNodeName,
+				nadv1.NetworkSelectionElement{
+					Name:      networkName,
+					Namespace: namespace,
+					IPRequest: []string{secondPodIP},
+				})
+
+			var err error
+			for _, pod := range []*v1.Pod{firstPod, secondPod} {
+				_, err = clientset.k8sClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Create(
+					context.TODO(), pod, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "should have been able to create a pod")
+			}
+			for _, pod := range []*v1.Pod{firstPod, secondPod} {
+				Eventually(func() bool {
+					pod, err := clientset.k8sClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Get(
+						context.TODO(), pod.GetName(), metav1.GetOptions{})
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "should have been able to retrieve pod")
+					return pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodRunning
+				}, 10*time.Second, time.Second).Should(BeTrue())
+			}
+		})
+
+		AfterEach(func() {
+			for _, pod := range []*v1.Pod{firstPod, secondPod} {
+				Expect(clientset.k8sClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Delete(
+					context.TODO(), pod.GetName(), metav1.DeleteOptions{})).To(Succeed(), "should have been able to delete the pod")
+			}
+			for _, pod := range []*v1.Pod{firstPod, secondPod} {
+				Eventually(func() bool {
+					_, err := clientset.k8sClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Get(context.TODO(), pod.GetName(), metav1.GetOptions{})
+					return errors.IsNotFound(err)
+				}, 60*time.Second, 3*time.Second).Should(BeTrue())
+			}
+		})
+
+		AfterEach(func() {
+			Expect(clientset.nadClientSet.K8sCniCncfIoV1().NetworkAttachmentDefinitions(namespace).Delete(
+				context.TODO(), nad.GetName(), metav1.DeleteOptions{})).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "should have been able to delete the NET-ATTACH-DEF")
+		})
+
+		It("features the expected IP on its network status annotation", func() {
+			firstPod, err := clientset.k8sClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).Get(context.TODO(), firstPod.GetName(), metav1.GetOptions{})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "should have been able to retrieve pod")
+
+			podNetStatus, found := firstPod.Annotations[nadv1.NetworkStatusAnnot]
+			Expect(found).To(BeTrue(), "expected the pod to have a `networks-status` annotation")
+			var netStatus []nadv1.NetworkStatus
+			Expect(json.Unmarshal([]byte(podNetStatus), &netStatus)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(netStatus).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+
+			nonDefaultNetworkStatus := filterNetworkStatus(netStatus, func(status nadv1.NetworkStatus) bool {
+				return !status.Default
+			})
+			Expect(nonDefaultNetworkStatus).NotTo(BeNil())
+			Expect(nonDefaultNetworkStatus.IPs).To(ConsistOf(ipFromCIDR(firstPodIP)))
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+func newMacvlanNetworkAttachmentDefinitionSpec(namespace string, networkName string, lowerDevice string) *nadv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinition {
+	config := fmt.Sprintf(`{
+            "cniVersion": "0.3.1",
+            "plugins": [
+                {
+                    "type": "macvlan",
+                    "capabilities": { "ips": true },
+                    "master": "%s",
+                    "mode": "bridge",
+                    "ipam": {
+                        "type": "static"
+                    }
+                }, {
+                    "type": "tuning"
+                } ]
+        }`, lowerDevice)
+	return &nadv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinition{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      networkName,
+			Namespace: namespace,
+		},
+		Spec: nadv1.NetworkAttachmentDefinitionSpec{
+			Config: config,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newPod(namespace string, podName string, nodeName *string, attachments ...nadv1.NetworkSelectionElement) *v1.Pod {
+	const (
+		containerImgName = "centos:8"
+		hostSelectorKey  = "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+	)
+	privileged := true
+
+	networkAnnotationsPayload, err := json.Marshal(attachments)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	podAnnotations := map[string]string{
+		nadv1.NetworkAttachmentAnnot: string(networkAnnotationsPayload),
+	}
+
+	nodeSelector := map[string]string{}
+	if nodeName != nil {
+		nodeSelector[hostSelectorKey] = *nodeName
+	}
+
+	return &v1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:        podName,
+			Namespace:   namespace,
+			Annotations: podAnnotations,
+		},
+		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []v1.Container{
+				{
+					Name:    podName,
+					Image:   containerImgName,
+					Command: []string{"/bin/sleep", "10000"},
+					SecurityContext: &v1.SecurityContext{
+						Privileged: &privileged,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			NodeSelector: nodeSelector,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func filterNetworkStatus(networkStatuses []nadv1.NetworkStatus, predicate func(nadv1.NetworkStatus) bool) *nadv1.NetworkStatus {
+	for i, networkStatus := range networkStatuses {
+		if predicate(networkStatus) {
+			return &networkStatuses[i]
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ipFromCIDR(cidr string) string {
+	return strings.Split(cidr, "/")[0]
+}
diff --git a/e2e/suite_test.go b/e2e/suite_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75b4338a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/suite_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 Multus Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+
+	k8splumbersclientset "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/network-attachment-definition-client/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
+)
+
+type multusClient struct {
+	k8sClientSet *kubernetes.Clientset
+	nadClientSet *k8splumbersclientset.Clientset
+}
+
+var kubeconfig *string
+var clientset *multusClient
+
+func TestMultus(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+	RunSpecs(t, "Multus e2e suite")
+}
+
+var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	config, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", *kubeconfig)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "could not retrieve the kubeconfig to contact the k8s cluster")
+
+	k8sClientSet, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "could not create the kubeclient from the retrieved kubeconfig")
+
+	k8sPlumbersClientSet, err := k8splumbersclientset.NewForConfig(config)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "could not create the kubeclient from the retrieved kubeconfig")
+	clientset = &multusClient{
+		k8sClientSet: k8sClientSet,
+		nadClientSet: k8sPlumbersClientSet,
+	}
+})
+
+func init() {
+	kubeconfig = flag.String("kubeconfig", "", "absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
+}
diff --git a/hack/test-e2e.sh b/hack/test-e2e.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f75815c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/test-e2e.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ex
+
+KUBECONFIG=${KUBECONFIG:-"$HOME/.kube/config"}
+go test ./e2e --kubeconfig ${KUBECONFIG} -ginkgo.v
diff --git a/hack/test-go.sh b/hack/test-go.sh
index 27bd0d6ef..06407df51 100755
--- a/hack/test-go.sh
+++ b/hack/test-go.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ if [ "$GO111MODULE" == "off" ]; then
 	export GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1
 	export GOBIN=${PWD}/bin
 	export GOPATH=${PWD}/gopath
-	bash -c "umask 0; cd ${GOPATH}/src/${REPO_PATH}; PATH=${GOROOT}/bin:$(pwd)/bin:${PATH} go test -v -covermode=count -coverprofile=coverage.out ./..."
+        bash -c "umask 0; cd ${GOPATH}/src/${REPO_PATH}; PATH=${GOROOT}/bin:$(pwd)/bin:${PATH} go test -v -covermode=count -coverprofile=coverage.out $(go list ./... | grep -v e2e | tr "\n" " ")"
 else
 	# test with go modules
-	bash -c "umask 0; go test -v -covermode=count -coverprofile=coverage.out ./..."
+        bash -c "umask 0; go test -v -covermode=count -coverprofile=coverage.out $(go list ./... | grep -v e2e | tr "\n" " ")"
 fi