diff --git a/metropolis/test/e2e/kubernetes_helpers.go b/metropolis/test/e2e/kubernetes_helpers.go
index ce9e78f..274c5c7 100644
--- a/metropolis/test/e2e/kubernetes_helpers.go
+++ b/metropolis/test/e2e/kubernetes_helpers.go
@@ -69,6 +69,63 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// makeHTTPServerDeploymentSpec generates the deployment spec for the test HTTP
+// server.
+func makeHTTPServerDeploymentSpec(name string) *appsv1.Deployment {
+	oneVal := int32(1)
+	return &appsv1.Deployment{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: name},
+		Spec: appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
+			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: map[string]string{
+				"name": name,
+			}},
+			Replicas: &oneVal,
+			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: map[string]string{
+						"name": name,
+					},
+				},
+				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+					Containers: []corev1.Container{
+						{
+							Name:            "test",
+							ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,
+							Image:           "test.monogon.internal/metropolis/test/e2e/httpserver/httpserver_image",
+							LivenessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+								ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
+									HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{Port: intstr.FromInt(8080)},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// makeHTTPServerNodePortService generates the NodePort service spec
+// for testing the NodePort functionality.
+func makeHTTPServerNodePortService(name string) *corev1.Service {
+	return &corev1.Service{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: name},
+		Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
+			Type: corev1.ServiceTypeNodePort,
+			Selector: map[string]string{
+				"name": name,
+			},
+			Ports: []corev1.ServicePort{{
+				Name:       name,
+				Protocol:   corev1.ProtocolTCP,
+				Port:       80,
+				NodePort:   80,
+				TargetPort: intstr.FromInt(8080),
+			}},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 // makeSelftestSpec generates a Job spec for the E2E self-test image.
 func makeSelftestSpec(name string) *batchv1.Job {
 	one := int32(1)