diff --git a/cmd/e2e-test/finalizer_test.go b/cmd/e2e-test/finalizer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51a3417b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/e2e-test/finalizer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes 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 main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/e2e"
+	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/fuzz"
+	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/fuzz/features"
+	"k8s.io/ingress-gce/pkg/utils"
+)
+
+func TestFinalizer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	port80 := intstr.FromInt(80)
+	ing := fuzz.NewIngressBuilder("", "ingress-1", "").
+		AddPath("foo.com", "/", "service-1", port80).
+		SetIngressClass("gce").
+		Build()
+
+	Framework.RunWithSandbox("finalizer", t, func(t *testing.T, s *e2e.Sandbox) {
+		_, err := e2e.CreateEchoService(s, "service-1", nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error creating echo service: %v", err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("Echo service created (%s/%s)", s.Namespace, "service-1")
+
+		crud := e2e.IngressCRUD{C: Framework.Clientset}
+		ing.Namespace = s.Namespace
+		if _, err := crud.Create(ing); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error creating Ingress spec: %v", err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("Ingress created (%s/%s)", s.Namespace, ing.Name)
+
+		ing, err := e2e.WaitForIngress(s, ing, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error waiting for Ingress to stabilize: %v", err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("GCLB resources created (%s/%s)", s.Namespace, ing.Name)
+
+		// Perform whitebox testing.
+		if len(ing.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress) < 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("Ingress does not have an IP: %+v", ing.Status)
+		}
+
+		ingFinalizers := ing.GetFinalizers()
+		if len(ingFinalizers) != 1 || ingFinalizers[0] != utils.FinalizerKey {
+			t.Fatalf("GetFinalizers() = %+v, want [%s]", ingFinalizers, utils.FinalizerKey)
+		}
+
+		vip := ing.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0].IP
+		t.Logf("Ingress %s/%s VIP = %s", s.Namespace, ing.Name, vip)
+		gclb, err := fuzz.GCLBForVIP(context.Background(), Framework.Cloud, vip, fuzz.FeatureValidators(features.All))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error getting GCP resources for LB with IP = %q: %v", vip, err)
+		}
+
+		if err = e2e.CheckGCLB(gclb, 1, 2); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		deleteOptions := &fuzz.GCLBDeleteOptions{
+			SkipDefaultBackend: true,
+		}
+		if err := e2e.WaitForIngressDeletion(ctx, gclb, s, ing, deleteOptions); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("e2e.WaitForIngressDeletion(..., %q, nil) = %v, want nil", ing.Name, err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestFinalizerIngressClassChange(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	port80 := intstr.FromInt(80)
+	ing := fuzz.NewIngressBuilder("", "ingress-1", "").
+		AddPath("foo.com", "/", "service-1", port80).
+		SetIngressClass("gce").
+		Build()
+
+	Framework.RunWithSandbox("finalizer-ingress-class-change", t, func(t *testing.T, s *e2e.Sandbox) {
+		_, err := e2e.CreateEchoService(s, "service-1", nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error creating echo service: %v", err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("Echo service created (%s/%s)", s.Namespace, "service-1")
+
+		crud := e2e.IngressCRUD{C: Framework.Clientset}
+		ing.Namespace = s.Namespace
+		if _, err := crud.Create(ing); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error creating Ingress spec: %v", err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("Ingress created (%s/%s)", s.Namespace, ing.Name)
+
+		ing, err := e2e.WaitForIngress(s, ing, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error waiting for Ingress to stabilize: %v", err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("GCLB resources created (%s/%s)", s.Namespace, ing.Name)
+
+		ingFinalizers := ing.GetFinalizers()
+		if len(ingFinalizers) != 1 || ingFinalizers[0] != utils.FinalizerKey {
+			t.Fatalf("GetFinalizers() = %+v, want [%q]", ingFinalizers, utils.FinalizerKey)
+		}
+
+		// Perform whitebox testing.
+		if len(ing.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress) < 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("Ingress does not have an IP: %+v", ing.Status)
+		}
+
+		vip := ing.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0].IP
+		t.Logf("Ingress %s/%s VIP = %s", s.Namespace, ing.Name, vip)
+		gclb, err := fuzz.GCLBForVIP(context.Background(), Framework.Cloud, vip, fuzz.FeatureValidators(features.All))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error getting GCP resources for LB with IP = %q: %v", vip, err)
+		}
+
+		if err = e2e.CheckGCLB(gclb, 1, 2); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		// Change Ingress class
+		newIngClass := "nginx"
+		ing = fuzz.NewIngressBuilderFromExisting(ing).SetIngressClass(newIngClass).Build()
+
+		if _, err := crud.Update(ing); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error updating Ingress spec: %v", err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("Ingress (%s/%s) class changed to %s", s.Namespace, ing.Name, newIngClass)
+
+		deleteOptions := &fuzz.GCLBDeleteOptions{
+			SkipDefaultBackend: true,
+		}
+		if err := e2e.WaitForFinalizerDeletion(ctx, gclb, s, ing.Name, deleteOptions); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("e2e.WaitForFinalizerDeletion(...) = %v, want nil", err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("Finalizer for Ingress (%s/%s) deleted", s.Namespace, ing.Name)
+
+		if err := e2e.WaitForIngressDeletion(ctx, gclb, s, ing, deleteOptions); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("e2e.WaitForIngressDeletion(..., %q, nil) = %v, want nil", ing.Name, err)
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/helpers.go b/pkg/e2e/helpers.go
index db013cdbc2..6e64705e1f 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/helpers.go
@@ -106,6 +106,31 @@ func WaitForIngressDeletion(ctx context.Context, g *fuzz.GCLB, s *Sandbox, ing *
 	return nil
 }
 
+// WaitForFinalizerDeletion waits for gclb resources to be deleted and
+// the finalizer attached to the Ingress resource to be removed.
+func WaitForFinalizerDeletion(ctx context.Context, g *fuzz.GCLB, s *Sandbox, ingName string, options *fuzz.GCLBDeleteOptions) error {
+	klog.Infof("Waiting for GCLB resources to be deleted (%s/%s), IngressDeletionOptions=%+v", s.Namespace, ingName, options)
+	if err := WaitForGCLBDeletion(ctx, s.f.Cloud, g, options); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("WaitForGCLBDeletion(...) = %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+	klog.Infof("GCLB resources deleted (%s/%s)", s.Namespace, ingName)
+
+	crud := IngressCRUD{s.f.Clientset}
+	klog.Infof("Waiting for Finalizer to be removed for Ingress %s/%s", s.Namespace, ingName)
+	return wait.Poll(k8sApiPoolInterval, k8sApiPollTimeout, func() (bool, error) {
+		ing, err := crud.Get(s.Namespace, ingName)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Infof("WaitForFinalizerDeletion(%s/%s) = Error retrieving Ingress: %v", s.Namespace, ing.Name, err)
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		if len(ing.GetFinalizers()) != 0 {
+			klog.Infof("WaitForFinalizerDeletion(%s/%s) = %v", s.Namespace, ing.Name, ing.GetFinalizers())
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	})
+}
+
 // WaitForGCLBDeletion waits for the resources associated with the GLBC to be
 // deleted.
 func WaitForGCLBDeletion(ctx context.Context, c cloud.Cloud, g *fuzz.GCLB, options *fuzz.GCLBDeleteOptions) error {
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/legacy.go b/pkg/e2e/legacy.go
index 47012b4f3b..3d75650f2f 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/legacy.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/legacy.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (crud *IngressCRUD) Delete(ns, name string) error {
 }
 
 func (crud *IngressCRUD) supportsNewAPI() (bool, error) {
-	if apiList, err := crud.C.Discovery().ServerResourcesForGroupVersion("networking/v1beta1"); err == nil {
+	if apiList, err := crud.C.Discovery().ServerResourcesForGroupVersion("networking.k8s.io/v1beta1"); err == nil {
 		for _, r := range apiList.APIResources {
 			if r.Kind == "Ingress" {
 				return true, nil
diff --git a/pkg/fuzz/helpers.go b/pkg/fuzz/helpers.go
index 339d297bc8..455de3199d 100644
--- a/pkg/fuzz/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/fuzz/helpers.go
@@ -258,6 +258,15 @@ func (i *IngressBuilder) AddStaticIP(name string) *IngressBuilder {
 	return i
 }
 
+// SetIngressClass sets Ingress class to given name.
+func (i *IngressBuilder) SetIngressClass(name string) *IngressBuilder {
+	if i.ing.Annotations == nil {
+		i.ing.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+	i.ing.Annotations[annotations.IngressClassKey] = name
+	return i
+}
+
 // BackendConfigBuilder is syntactic sugar for creating BackendConfig specs for testing
 // purposes.
 //