diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dc1c790fe..c2a947eb0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -96,5 +96,5 @@ test:
 	hack/verify-codegen.sh
 	GO111MODULE=on go test ./...
 
-e2e: docker # build operator image to be tested
-	cd e2e; make tools test clean
+e2e: test docker # build operator image to be tested
+	cd e2e; make tools e2etest clean
diff --git a/e2e/Makefile b/e2e/Makefile
index 77059f3eb..70a2ff4e9 100644
--- a/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/e2e/Makefile
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ tools: docker
 	# install pinned version of 'kind'
 	GO111MODULE=on go get sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.5.1
 
-test:
+e2etest:
 	./run.sh