diff --git a/misc/drone-scripts/deploy-and-test-wrapper.sh b/misc/drone-scripts/deploy-and-test-wrapper.sh
index 86148900a..5b832c281 100755
--- a/misc/drone-scripts/deploy-and-test-wrapper.sh
+++ b/misc/drone-scripts/deploy-and-test-wrapper.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ log "starting deploy and test"
 
 INCLUDE_HOSTD="false"
 
-if make -s deploy-esx deploy-vm testasroot testremote TEST_VOL_NAME=vol.build$BUILD_NUMBER;
+if make -s deploy-esx deploy-vm testasroot e2e-dkrVolDriver-test testremote TEST_VOL_NAME=vol.build$BUILD_NUMBER;
 then
   echo "=> Build Complete" `date`
   #stop_build $VM1 $BUILD_NUMBER
diff --git a/misc/scripts/build.sh b/misc/scripts/build.sh
index 8a583c5e8..b50ac7f7f 100755
--- a/misc/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/misc/scripts/build.sh
@@ -124,9 +124,24 @@ then
   $DOCKER run --rm -it -v $PWD/..:$dir -w $dir $pylint_container $MAKE_ESX pylint
 else 
   docker_socket=/var/run/docker.sock
+  if [ -z $SSH_KEY_OPT ]
+  then
+    SSH_KEY_OPT="-i /root/.ssh/id_rsa"
+  fi
+  ssh_key_opt_container=`echo $SSH_KEY_OPT | cut -d" " -f2`
+  ssh_key_path=$SSH_KEY_PATH
+  if [ -z $ssh_key_path ]
+  then
+    ssh_key_path=~/.ssh/id_rsa
+  fi
   $DOCKER run --privileged --rm -it \
     -e "PKG_VERSION=$PKG_VERSION" \
     -e "INCLUDE_UI=$INCLUDE_UI" \
+    -e "ESX=$2" \
+    -e "VM1=$4" \
+    -e "VM2=$3" \
+    -e "SSH_KEY_OPT=$SSH_KEY_OPT" \
     -v $docker_socket:$docker_socket  \
+    -v $ssh_key_path:$ssh_key_opt_container:ro \
     -v $PWD/..:$dir -w $dir $plug_container $MAKE $1
 fi
diff --git a/vmdk_plugin/E2E_Tests/sample_e2e_test.go b/vmdk_plugin/E2E_Tests/sample_e2e_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b962d0545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmdk_plugin/E2E_Tests/sample_e2e_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package e2e_test
+
+import "testing"
+import "os/exec"
+import "fmt"
+import "os"
+import "strings"
+
+//TODO: This is a sample testcase and will be removed after finishing the review.
+
+func TestSomething(t *testing.T) {
+	var err error
+	var out []byte
+
+	out, err = exec.Command("/usr/bin/ssh", strings.Split(os.Getenv("SSH_KEY_OPT")," ")[0], strings.Split(os.Getenv("SSH_KEY_OPT")," ")[1], "-q", "-kTax", "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "root@"+os.Getenv("ESX"), "/usr/lib/vmware/vmdkops/bin/vmdkops_admin.py", "ls").CombinedOutput()
+	fmt.Printf("\nerr=>%s.....\nout=>%s", err, out)
+
+	out, err = exec.Command("/usr/bin/ssh", strings.Split(os.Getenv("SSH_KEY_OPT")," ")[0], strings.Split(os.Getenv("SSH_KEY_OPT")," ")[1], "-q", "-kTax", "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "root@"+os.Getenv("VM1"), "ifconfig").CombinedOutput()
+	fmt.Printf("\nerr=>%s .....\nout=>%s", err, out)
+}
diff --git a/vmdk_plugin/Makefile b/vmdk_plugin/Makefile
index 0ec569cac..c6c8738ad 100644
--- a/vmdk_plugin/Makefile
+++ b/vmdk_plugin/Makefile
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ test:
 .PHONY: testasroot
 testasroot:
 	$(log_target)
-	$(GO) test $(PLUGIN)/drivers/vmdk/vmdkops -cover
-	$(GO) test $(PLUGIN)/utils/config -cover
+	$(GO) test $(PLUGIN)/drivers/vmdk/vmdkops -cover -v
+	$(GO) test $(PLUGIN)/utils/config -cover -v
 
 # does sanity check of create/remove docker volume on the guest
 TEST_VOL_NAME ?= DefaultTestVol
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ checkremote:
 	@$(SSH) $(TEST_VM) docker -H $(VM2_DOCKER) ps > /dev/null 2>/dev/null || \
 		(echo VM2 $(VM2): $(CONN_MSG); exit 1)
 
-.PHONY: test-vm test-esx test-all testremote
+.PHONY: test-vm test-esx test-all testremote e2e-test
 # test-vm runs GO unit tests and plugin test suite on a guest VM
 # expects binaries to be deployed ot the VM and ESX (see deploy-all target)
 test-vm: checkremote deploy-vm-test
@@ -330,7 +330,17 @@ test-esx:
 	$(MAKE)  --directory=$(ESX_SRC) $@
 
 testremote: test-esx test-vm
-test-all:  test testremote
+test-all:  test e2e-test testremote
+
+# An end-to-end test target for vSphere Docker Volume Driver
+e2e-test:
+	$(log_target)
+	$(SCRIPTS)/build.sh e2e-dkrVolDriver-test "$(ESX)" "$(VM1)" "$(VM2)"
+
+.PHONY: e2e-dkrVolDriver-test
+e2e-dkrVolDriver-test:
+	$(log_target)
+	$(GO) test $(PLUGIN)/E2E_Tests -cover -v
 
 .PHONY:clean-vm clean-esx clean-all clean-docker
 clean-vm: