diff --git a/.ci/run_e2e_tests.sh b/.ci/run_e2e_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..82126d1f66c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/run_e2e_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+SCRIPTS_PATH=$(cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"); pwd)
+SRC_PATH=$(dirname "${SCRIPTS_PATH}")
+# Build the runnable Gecko docker image
+bash "${SRC_PATH}"/scripts/build_image.sh
+GECKO_IMAGE=$(docker image ls --format="{{.Repository}}" | head -n 1)
+
+# Turn off GO111MODULE to pull e2e test source code in order to get run script.
+GO111MODULE=off go get -t -v github.com/kurtosis-tech/ava-e2e-tests/...
+cd "${GOPATH}"/src/github.com/kurtosis-tech/ava-e2e-tests/ || exit
+
+bash "./scripts/rebuild_initializer_binary.sh"
+bash "./scripts/rebuild_controller_image.sh"
+# TODO: Make the controller image label a parameter to rebuild_controller_image script
+# Standard controller image label used by above scripts.
+CONTROLLER_IMAGE="kurtosistech/ava-e2e-tests_controller:latest"
+./build/ava-e2e-tests --gecko-image-name="${GECKO_IMAGE}" --test-controller-image-name="${CONTROLLER_IMAGE}" --test-names="fiveStakingNodeGetValidatorsTest,fiveStakingNodeFullyConnectedTest"
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a919fa06dda..b06f3c2ebff 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ env:
   global:
   - CODECOV_TOKEN="8c18c993-fc6e-4706-998b-01ddc7987804"
   - GECKO_HOME=/go/src/github.com/ava-labs/gecko/
+  - E2E_TEST_HOME=/go/src/github.com/kurtosis-tech/ava-e2e-tests/
   - COMMIT=${TRAVIS_COMMIT::8}
   - DOCKERHUB_REPO=avaplatform/gecko
   - secure: "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"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ install:
 
 script: 
  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then .ci/runscript_osx.sh; fi
- - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then .ci/runscript_linux.sh; fi
+ - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then .ci/runscript_linux.sh; .ci/run_e2e_tests.sh; fi
 
 #Need to push to docker hub only from one build
 after_success: