diff --git a/docs/os-issues.md b/docs/os-issues.md
index 81ebcbc53e2..cbe3b9e2059 100644
--- a/docs/os-issues.md
+++ b/docs/os-issues.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ notes](https://coreos.com/releases/).
 | Issues |
 | ------ |
 | [#591](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/antrea/issues/591) |
+| [#1516](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/antrea/issues/1516) |
 
 If your K8s Nodes are running Photon OS 3.0, you may see error messages in the
 antrea-agent logs like this one: `"Received bundle error msg: [...]"`. These
@@ -94,3 +95,21 @@ the Pod network:
 ```
 iptables -A INPUT -i antrea-gw0 -j ACCEPT
 ```
+
+### Pod Traffic Shaping
+
+Antrea provides support for Pod [Traffic Shaping](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/compute-storage-net/network-plugins/#support-traffic-shaping)
+by leveraging the open-source [bandwidth plugin](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/tree/master/plugins/meta/bandwidth)
+maintained by the CNI project. This plugin requires the following Kernel
+modules: `ifb`, `sch_tbf` and `sch_ingress`. It seems that at the moment Photon
+OS 3.0 is built without the `ifb` Kernel module, which you can confirm by
+running `modprobe --dry-run ifb`: an error would indicate that the module is
+indeed missing. Without this module, Pods with the
+`kubernetes.io/egress-bandwidth` annotation cannot be created successfully. Pods
+with no traffic shaping annotation, or which only use the
+`kubernetes.io/ingress-bandwidth` annotation, can still be created successfully
+as they do not require the creation of an `ifb` device.
+
+If Photon OS is patched to enable `ifb`, we will update this documentation to
+reflect this change, and include information about which Photon OS version can
+support egress traffic shaping.
diff --git a/test/e2e/bandwidth_test.go b/test/e2e/bandwidth_test.go
index 088451237e2..ed01e0e81da 100644
--- a/test/e2e/bandwidth_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/bandwidth_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ func TestPodTrafficShaping(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test is flaky on dual-stack clusters: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/antrea/issues/1543.
 	// So we disable it except for IPv4 single-stack clusters for now.
 	skipIfIPv6Cluster(t)
+	nodeName := masterNodeName()
+	skipIfMissingKernelModule(t, nodeName, []string{"ifb", "sch_tbf", "sch_ingress"})
 	data, err := setupTest(t)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error when setting up test: %v", err)
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ func TestPodTrafficShaping(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			clientPodName := fmt.Sprintf("client-a-%d", i)
 			serverPodName := fmt.Sprintf("server-a-%d", i)
-			if err := data.createPodOnNode(clientPodName, masterNodeName(), perftoolImage, nil, nil, nil, nil, false, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+			if err := data.createPodOnNode(clientPodName, nodeName, perftoolImage, nil, nil, nil, nil, false, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{
 					"kubernetes.io/egress-bandwidth": fmt.Sprintf("%dM", tt.clientEgressBandwidth),
 				}
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ func TestPodTrafficShaping(t *testing.T) {
 			if err := data.podWaitForRunning(defaultTimeout, clientPodName, testNamespace); err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("Error when waiting for the perftest client Pod: %v", err)
 			}
-			if err := data.createPodOnNode(serverPodName, masterNodeName(), perftoolImage, nil, nil, nil, []v1.ContainerPort{{Protocol: v1.ProtocolTCP, ContainerPort: iperfPort}}, false, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
+			if err := data.createPodOnNode(serverPodName, nodeName, perftoolImage, nil, nil, nil, []v1.ContainerPort{{Protocol: v1.ProtocolTCP, ContainerPort: iperfPort}}, false, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 				pod.Annotations = map[string]string{
 					"kubernetes.io/ingress-bandwidth": fmt.Sprintf("%dM", tt.serverIngressBandwidth),
 				}
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures.go b/test/e2e/fixtures.go
index de73a763094..99131a17b4c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/fixtures.go
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures.go
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ func skipIfNotIPv6Cluster(tb testing.TB) {
 	}
 }
 
+func skipIfMissingKernelModule(tb testing.TB, nodeName string, requiredModules []string) {
+	for _, module := range requiredModules {
+		// modprobe with "--dry-run" does not require root privileges
+		cmd := fmt.Sprintf("modprobe --dry-run %s", module)
+		rc, stdout, stderr, err := RunCommandOnNode(nodeName, cmd)
+		if err != nil {
+			tb.Skipf("Skipping test as modprobe could not be run to confirm the presence of module '%s': %v", module, err)
+		}
+		if rc != 0 {
+			tb.Skipf("Skipping test as modprobe exited with an error when trying to confirm the presence of module '%s' - stdout: %s - stderr: %s", module, stdout, stderr)
+		}
+	}
+	tb.Logf("The following modules have been found on Node '%s': %v", nodeName, requiredModules)
+}
+
 func ensureAntreaRunning(tb testing.TB, data *TestData) error {
 	tb.Logf("Applying Antrea YAML")
 	if err := data.deployAntrea(); err != nil {