diff --git a/test/e2e/qat/qatplugin_dpdk.go b/test/e2e/qat/qatplugin_dpdk.go
index 1713dc29e..a4727f074 100644
--- a/test/e2e/qat/qatplugin_dpdk.go
+++ b/test/e2e/qat/qatplugin_dpdk.go
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ func describeQatDpdkPlugin() {
 			gomega.Expect(err).To(gomega.BeNil(), utils.GetPodLogs(ctx, f, "qat-dpdk-test-crypto-perf", "crypto-perf"))
 		})
 
+		ginkgo.It("deploys a crypto pod (qat-engine testapp) [App:qat-engine]", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			runQatEngineTestApp(ctx, f, resourceName)
+		})
+
 		ginkgo.When("there is no app to run [App:noapp]", func() {
 			ginkgo.It("does nothing", func() {})
 		})
@@ -251,6 +255,39 @@ func runCpaSampleCode(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, runTests int,
 	gomega.Expect(err).To(gomega.BeNil(), utils.GetPodLogs(ctx, f, pod.ObjectMeta.Name, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name))
 }
 
+func runQatEngineTestApp(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, resourceName v1.ResourceName) {
+	ginkgo.By("submitting a pod requesting QAT" + resourceName.String() + "resources")
+	podSpec := &v1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "openssl-qat-engine"},
+		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []v1.Container{
+				{
+					Name:            "openssl-qat-engine",
+					Image:           "intel/openssl-qat-engine:devel",
+					ImagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent",
+					Command:         []string{"testapp", "-engine", "qatengine", "-async_jobs", "1", "-c", "1", "-n", "1", "-nc", "1", "-v", "-hw_algo", "0x0029"},
+					SecurityContext: &v1.SecurityContext{
+						Capabilities: &v1.Capabilities{
+							Add: []v1.Capability{"IPC_LOCK"}},
+					},
+					Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
+						Requests: v1.ResourceList{resourceName: resource.MustParse("1")},
+						Limits:   v1.ResourceList{resourceName: resource.MustParse("1")},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			RestartPolicy: v1.RestartPolicyNever,
+		},
+	}
+	pod, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Pods(f.Namespace.Name).Create(ctx, podSpec, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "pod Create API error")
+
+	ginkgo.By("waiting the qat-engine's testapp pod for the resource" + resourceName.String() + "to finish successfully")
+
+	err = e2epod.WaitForPodSuccessInNamespaceTimeout(ctx, f.ClientSet, pod.ObjectMeta.Name, f.Namespace.Name, 300*time.Second)
+	gomega.Expect(err).To(gomega.BeNil(), utils.GetPodLogs(ctx, f, pod.ObjectMeta.Name, pod.Spec.Containers[0].Name))
+}
+
 func injectError(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework, resourceName v1.ResourceName) {
 	nodeName, _ := utils.FindNodeAndResourceCapacity(f, ctx, resourceName.String())
 	if nodeName == "" {