diff --git a/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh b/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh
index 668f924d8d..35b428e33e 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/common-operator-integ-suite.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ check_arguments() {
 parse_flags() {
   SKIP_BUILD=${SKIP_BUILD:-false}
   SKIP_DEPLOY=${SKIP_DEPLOY:-false}
+  SKIP_CLEANUP=${SKIP_CLEANUP:-false}
   OLM=${OLM:-false}
   DESCRIBE=false
   MULTICLUSTER=${MULTICLUSTER:-false}
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ if [ "${SKIP_BUILD}" == "false" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-export SKIP_DEPLOY IP_FAMILY ISTIO_MANIFEST NAMESPACE CONTROL_PLANE_NS DEPLOYMENT_NAME MULTICLUSTER ARTIFACTS ISTIO_NAME COMMAND KUBECONFIG ISTIOCTL_PATH
+export SKIP_DEPLOY IP_FAMILY ISTIO_MANIFEST NAMESPACE CONTROL_PLANE_NS DEPLOYMENT_NAME MULTICLUSTER ARTIFACTS ISTIO_NAME COMMAND KUBECONFIG ISTIOCTL_PATH SKIP_CLEANUP
 
 if [ "${OLM}" != "true" ] && [ "${SKIP_DEPLOY}" != "true" ]; then
   # shellcheck disable=SC2153