diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 22d266e16..fbf5fc82d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package e2e
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"os"
@@ -66,6 +67,23 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
 )
 
+var (
+	deschedulerImage = flag.String("descheduler-image", "", "descheduler image to set in the pod spec")
+	podRunAsUserId   = flag.Int64("pod-run-as-user-id", 0, ".spec.securityContext.runAsUser setting, not set if 0")
+	podRunAsGroupId  = flag.Int64("pod-run-as-group-id", 0, ".spec.securityContext.runAsGroup setting, not set if 0")
+)
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *deschedulerImage == "" {
+		klog.Errorf("--descheduler-image is unset")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}
+
 func isClientRateLimiterError(err error) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "client rate limiter")
 }
@@ -96,7 +114,7 @@ func deschedulerPolicyConfigMap(policy *deschedulerapiv1alpha2.DeschedulerPolicy
 }
 
 func deschedulerDeployment(testName string) *appsv1.Deployment {
-	return &appsv1.Deployment{
+	deploymentObject := &appsv1.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      "descheduler",
 			Namespace: "kube-system",
@@ -116,8 +134,6 @@ func deschedulerDeployment(testName string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 					ServiceAccountName: "descheduler-sa",
 					SecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{
 						RunAsNonRoot: utilptr.To(true),
-						RunAsUser:    utilptr.To[int64](1000),
-						RunAsGroup:   utilptr.To[int64](1000),
 						SeccompProfile: &v1.SeccompProfile{
 							Type: v1.SeccompProfileTypeRuntimeDefault,
 						},
@@ -125,7 +141,7 @@ func deschedulerDeployment(testName string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 					Containers: []v1.Container{
 						{
 							Name:            "descheduler",
-							Image:           os.Getenv("DESCHEDULER_IMAGE"),
+							Image:           *deschedulerImage,
 							ImagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent",
 							Command:         []string{"/bin/descheduler"},
 							Args:            []string{"--policy-config-file", "/policy-dir/policy.yaml", "--descheduling-interval", "100m", "--v", "4"},
@@ -183,6 +199,14 @@ func deschedulerDeployment(testName string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 			},
 		},
 	}
+	if *podRunAsUserId != 0 {
+		deploymentObject.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsUser = podRunAsUserId
+	}
+	if *podRunAsGroupId != 0 {
+		deploymentObject.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsGroup = podRunAsGroupId
+	}
+
+	return deploymentObject
 }
 
 func printPodLogs(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, kubeClient clientset.Interface, podName string) {
@@ -203,15 +227,6 @@ func printPodLogs(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, kubeClient clientset.Interf
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	if os.Getenv("DESCHEDULER_IMAGE") == "" {
-		klog.Errorf("DESCHEDULER_IMAGE env is not set")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	os.Exit(m.Run())
-}
-
 func initPluginRegistry() {
 	pluginregistry.PluginRegistry = pluginregistry.NewRegistry()
 	pluginregistry.Register(defaultevictor.PluginName, defaultevictor.New, &defaultevictor.DefaultEvictor{}, &defaultevictor.DefaultEvictorArgs{}, defaultevictor.ValidateDefaultEvictorArgs, defaultevictor.SetDefaults_DefaultEvictorArgs, pluginregistry.PluginRegistry)
@@ -315,11 +330,9 @@ func buildTestDeployment(name, namespace string, replicas int32, testLabel map[s
 }
 
 func makePodSpec(priorityClassName string, gracePeriod *int64) v1.PodSpec {
-	return v1.PodSpec{
+	podSpec := v1.PodSpec{
 		SecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{
 			RunAsNonRoot: utilptr.To(true),
-			RunAsUser:    utilptr.To[int64](1000),
-			RunAsGroup:   utilptr.To[int64](1000),
 			SeccompProfile: &v1.SeccompProfile{
 				Type: v1.SeccompProfileTypeRuntimeDefault,
 			},
@@ -351,6 +364,13 @@ func makePodSpec(priorityClassName string, gracePeriod *int64) v1.PodSpec {
 		PriorityClassName:             priorityClassName,
 		TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: gracePeriod,
 	}
+	if *podRunAsUserId != 0 {
+		podSpec.SecurityContext.RunAsUser = podRunAsUserId
+	}
+	if *podRunAsGroupId != 0 {
+		podSpec.SecurityContext.RunAsGroup = podRunAsGroupId
+	}
+	return podSpec
 }
 
 func initializeClient(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T) (clientset.Interface, informers.SharedInformerFactory, listersv1.NodeLister, podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc) {
@@ -527,8 +547,6 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 			Spec: v1.PodSpec{
 				SecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{
 					RunAsNonRoot: utilptr.To(true),
-					RunAsUser:    utilptr.To[int64](1000),
-					RunAsGroup:   utilptr.To[int64](1000),
 					SeccompProfile: &v1.SeccompProfile{
 						Type: v1.SeccompProfileTypeRuntimeDefault,
 					},
@@ -562,6 +580,12 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		}
+		if *podRunAsUserId != 0 {
+			pod.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsUser = podRunAsUserId
+		}
+		if *podRunAsGroupId != 0 {
+			pod.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsGroup = podRunAsGroupId
+		}
 
 		t.Logf("Creating pod %v in %v namespace for node %v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, workerNodes[0].Name)
 		_, err := clientSet.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Create(ctx, pod, metav1.CreateOptions{})
@@ -1610,8 +1634,6 @@ func createBalancedPodForNodes(
 			Spec: v1.PodSpec{
 				SecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{
 					RunAsNonRoot: utilptr.To(true),
-					RunAsUser:    utilptr.To[int64](1000),
-					RunAsGroup:   utilptr.To[int64](1000),
 					SeccompProfile: &v1.SeccompProfile{
 						Type: v1.SeccompProfileTypeRuntimeDefault,
 					},
@@ -1643,6 +1665,12 @@ func createBalancedPodForNodes(
 				TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriod,
 			},
 		}
+		if *podRunAsUserId != 0 {
+			pod.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsUser = podRunAsUserId
+		}
+		if *podRunAsGroupId != 0 {
+			pod.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsGroup = podRunAsGroupId
+		}
 
 		t.Logf("Creating pod %v in %v namespace for node %v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, node.Name)
 		_, err := cs.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Create(ctx, pod, metav1.CreateOptions{})
diff --git a/test/run-e2e-tests.sh b/test/run-e2e-tests.sh
index 2bf36d58c..5a7a9b128 100755
--- a/test/run-e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/test/run-e2e-tests.sh
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ kubectl patch -n kube-system deployment metrics-server --type=json \
   -p '[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-","value":"--kubelet-insecure-tls"}]'
 
 PRJ_PREFIX="sigs.k8s.io/descheduler"
-go test ${PRJ_PREFIX}/test/e2e/ -v -timeout 0
+go test ${PRJ_PREFIX}/test/e2e/ -v -timeout 0 --args --descheduler-image ${DESCHEDULER_IMAGE} --pod-run-as-user-id 1000 --pod-run-as-group-id 1000