diff --git a/test/e2e/network/BUILD b/test/e2e/network/BUILD
index 6e20bfbfc911..49fce64e0d60 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/network/BUILD
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ go_library(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/rbac/v1:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/network/ingress.go b/test/e2e/network/ingress.go
index f1bce918e8f5..01a33ee65655 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/ingress.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/ingress.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	types "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
@@ -1141,6 +1142,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Ingress API", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		framework.ExpectEqual(updatedStatus.Status.LoadBalancer, statusToUpdate.Status.LoadBalancer, fmt.Sprintf("updated object expected to have updated loadbalancer status %#v, got %#v", statusToUpdate.Status.LoadBalancer, updatedStatus.Status.LoadBalancer))
 
+		ginkgo.By("get /status")
+		ingResource := schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "networking.k8s.io", Version: ingVersion, Resource: "ingresses"}
+		gottenStatus, err := f.DynamicClient.Resource(ingResource).Namespace(ns).Get(context.TODO(), createdIngress.Name, metav1.GetOptions{}, "status")
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		statusUID, _, err := unstructured.NestedFieldCopy(gottenStatus.Object, "metadata", "uid")
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		framework.ExpectEqual(string(createdIngress.UID), statusUID, fmt.Sprintf("createdIngress.UID: %v expected to match statusUID: %v ", createdIngress.UID, statusUID))
+
 		// Ingress resource delete operations
 		ginkgo.By("deleting")
 		err = ingClient.Delete(context.TODO(), createdIngress.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})