diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c49ec6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"on":
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      kne_ref:
+        description: "openconfig/kne reference (tag, commit, branch)"
+        type: string
+        default: v0.24.4
+      kind_version:
+        description: "KinD version"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+        default: v0.17.0
+
+jobs:
+  e2e:
+    name: End-to-end test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Set env vars
+        run: |
+          echo "KNE_REF=${{ inputs.kne_ref }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GOVER }}
+
+      - name: set up kind cluster
+        uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
+        with:
+          version: ${{ inputs.kind_version }}
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # - uses: fregante/setup-git-user@v1
+
+      - name: Publish structs
+        run: make install-srl-controller
diff --git a/.mk/e2e.mk b/.mk/e2e.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a725de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mk/e2e.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# KNE_REF is a git reference to use for KNE. It can be a branch, tag, or commit hash.
+KNE_REF ?= dee1995a7ec0f446b159a35fad201df9185ee75d
+KNE_REPO := https://github.com/openconfig/kne.git
+KNE_TEMP_DIR := /tmp/.srlcontroller-tests/kne
+KNE_TEST_DEPLOYMENT_FILE := ${KNE_TEMP_DIR}/deploy/kne/kind-bridge-no-controllers.yaml
+KIND_CLUSTER_NAME ?= srl-test
+
+.PHONY: install-kne
+install-kne: ## Install KNE
+	rm -rf ${KNE_TEMP_DIR} && \
+	mkdir -p ${KNE_TEMP_DIR} && \
+	git clone ${KNE_REPO} ${KNE_TEMP_DIR} && \
+	cd ${KNE_TEMP_DIR} && git checkout ${KNE_REF} && \
+	make install
+
+.PHONY: kne-test-deployment-cfg-file
+kne-test-deployment-cfg-file: ## Create a KNE test deployment config file without controllers section
+	sed -n '/controllers:/q;p' < ${KNE_TEMP_DIR}/deploy/kne/kind-bridge.yaml > ${KNE_TEST_DEPLOYMENT_FILE}
+	sed -i 's/name: kne/name: ${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}/g' ${KNE_TEST_DEPLOYMENT_FILE}
+
+.PHONY: deploy-kne
+deploy-kne: ## Deploy KNE kind cluster
+	kind delete cluster --name=${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME} && \
+	cd ${KNE_TEMP_DIR} && kne deploy ${KNE_TEST_DEPLOYMENT_FILE}
+
+.PHONY: temp-docker-build
+temp-docker-build: ## Built controller container using the image and tag specified in the manager's manifest
+	image="$(shell docker run -i --rm mikefarah/yq '.images[0].newName' < config/manager/kustomization.yaml)" tag="$(shell docker run -i --rm mikefarah/yq '.images[0].newTag' < config/manager/kustomization.yaml)" && \
+	docker build -t $$image:$$tag . && \
+	kind load docker-image $$image:$$tag --name ${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}
+
+.PHONY: install-srl-controller
+install-srl-controller: install-kne kne-test-deployment-cfg-file deploy-kne temp-docker-build ## Install srl-controller from current working dir
+	kubectl apply -k config/default
+	@echo "wait for controller manager to be ready"
+	kubectl -n srlinux-controller wait --for=condition=Available deployment.apps/srlinux-controller-controller-manager
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9d554db..386704a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include .mk/lint.mk
+include .mk/e2e.mk
 
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= controller:latest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bca329..6e4c864 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To install the latest version of this controller on a cluster referenced in `~/.
 # latest version
 kubectl apply -k https://github.com/srl-labs/srl-controller/config/default
 
-# specific version
+# specific version (using git reference, e.g. tag or commit)
 kubectl apply -k https://github.com/srl-labs/srl-controller/config/default?ref=v0.3.1
 ```
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/kind-bridge.yml b/tests/e2e/kind-bridge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b0239f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/kind-bridge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# copied from https://github.com/openconfig/kne/blob/main/deploy/kne/kind-bridge.yaml
+# with controllers removed
+cluster:
+  kind: Kind
+  spec:
+    name: kne
+    recycle: True
+    version: v0.17.0
+    image: kindest/node:v1.26.0
+    config: ../../kind/kind-no-cni.yaml
+    additionalManifests:
+      - ../../manifests/kind/kind-bridge.yaml
+ingress:
+  kind: MetalLB
+  spec:
+    manifest: ../../manifests/metallb/manifest.yaml
+    ip_count: 100
+cni:
+  kind: Meshnet
+  spec:
+    manifest: ../../manifests/meshnet/grpc/manifest.yaml