diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5a8ac0065..49c9b093a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ addons:
     packages:
       - realpath
       - ruby
+      - socat
 services:
   - docker
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ env:
     - TEST_COVERAGE=stdout
     - GO_METALINTER_THREADS=1
     - GO_COVER_DIR=_output
+    - HELM_VERSION=v2.16.5
     - VM_DRIVER=none
     - MINIKUBE_VERSION=v1.6.0
     - CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER=true
@@ -102,6 +104,11 @@ jobs:
         # - Travis Arm64 CI job runs inside unprivileged LXD which blocks
         #   launching minikube test environment
         - travis_terminate 0    # deploy only on x86
+    - name: cephcsi helm charts with kube 1.17.0
+      script:
+        - scripts/skip-doc-change.sh || travis_terminate 0;
+        - make image-cephcsi || travis_terminate 1;
+        - scripts/travis-helmtest.sh v1.17.0 || travis_terminate 1;
 
 deploy:
   - provider: script
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d61c58270..9cf04fc30 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static-check:
 	./scripts/gosec.sh
 
 func-test:
-	go test github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/e2e $(TESTOPTIONS)
+	go test -mod=vendor github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/e2e $(TESTOPTIONS)
 
 .PHONY: cephcsi
 cephcsi:
diff --git a/e2e/README.md b/e2e/README.md
index 144835e2f..8ee61f9a8 100644
--- a/e2e/README.md
+++ b/e2e/README.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ cluster or you can pass `kubeconfig`flag while running tests.
 Functional tests are run by the `go test` command.
 
  ```console
- $go test ./e2e/ -timeout=20m -v
+ $go test ./e2e/ -timeout=20m -v -mod=vendor
  ```
 
 Functional  tests can be invoked by `make` command
diff --git a/e2e/cephfs.go b/e2e/cephfs.go
index 4a26f3892..8c949d069 100644
--- a/e2e/cephfs.go
+++ b/e2e/cephfs.go
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ var _ = Describe("cephfs", func() {
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
 		if CurrentGinkgoTestDescription().Failed {
+			// log pods created by helm chart
+			logsCSIPods("app=ceph-csi-cephfs", c)
 			// log provisoner
 			logsCSIPods("app=csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner", c)
 			// log node plugin
diff --git a/e2e/deploy-vault.go b/e2e/deploy-vault.go
index fcaa471bf..c01310364 100644
--- a/e2e/deploy-vault.go
+++ b/e2e/deploy-vault.go
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ var (
 )
 
 func deployVault(c kubernetes.Interface, deployTimeout int) {
+	// hack to make helm E2E pass as helm charts creates this configmap as part
+	// of cephcsi deployment
+	_, err := framework.RunKubectl("delete", "cm", "ceph-csi-encryption-kms-config", "--namespace", cephCSINamespace, "--ignore-not-found=true")
+	Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+
 	createORDeleteVault("create")
 	opt := metav1.ListOptions{
 		LabelSelector: "app=vault",
diff --git a/e2e/rbd.go b/e2e/rbd.go
index 577a00311..cd548a76b 100644
--- a/e2e/rbd.go
+++ b/e2e/rbd.go
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ var _ = Describe("RBD", func() {
 
 	AfterEach(func() {
 		if CurrentGinkgoTestDescription().Failed {
+			// log pods created by helm chart
+			logsCSIPods("app=ceph-csi-rbd", c)
 			// log provisoner
 			logsCSIPods("app=csi-rbdplugin-provisioner", c)
 			// log node plugin
@@ -382,7 +384,7 @@ var _ = Describe("RBD", func() {
 				}
 
 				// delete rbd nodeplugin pods
-				err = deletePodWithLabel("app=csi-rbdplugin")
+				err = deletePodWithLabel("app=csi-rbdplugin", cephCSINamespace, false)
 				if err != nil {
 					Fail(err.Error())
 				}
diff --git a/e2e/utils.go b/e2e/utils.go
index e58f8176e..99ad3536a 100644
--- a/e2e/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/utils.go
@@ -775,8 +775,8 @@ func validateEncryptedPVCAndAppBinding(pvcPath, appPath, kms string, f *framewor
 	}
 }
 
-func deletePodWithLabel(label string) error {
-	_, err := framework.RunKubectl("delete", "po", "-l", label)
+func deletePodWithLabel(label, ns string, skipNotFound bool) error {
+	_, err := framework.RunKubectl("delete", "po", "-l", label, fmt.Sprintf("--ignore-not-found=%t", skipNotFound), fmt.Sprintf("--namespace=%s", ns))
 	if err != nil {
 		e2elog.Logf("failed to delete pod %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/install-helm.sh b/scripts/install-helm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0c4eff357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install-helm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+#Based on ideas from https://github.com/rook/rook/blob/master/tests/scripts/helm.sh
+
+TEMP="/tmp/cephcsi-helm-test"
+
+HELM="helm"
+HELM_VERSION=${HELM_VERSION:-"v2.16.5"}
+arch="${ARCH:-}"
+CEPHFS_CHART_NAME="ceph-csi-cephfs"
+RBD_CHART_NAME="ceph-csi-rbd"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+DEPLOY_TIMEOUT=600
+
+function check_deployment_status() {
+    LABEL=$1
+    NAMESPACE=$2
+    echo "Checking Deployment status for label $LABEL in Namespace $NAMESPACE"
+    for ((retry = 0; retry <= DEPLOY_TIMEOUT; retry = retry + 5)); do
+        total_replicas=$(kubectl get deployment -l "$LABEL" -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.replicas}')
+
+        ready_replicas=$(kubectl get deployment -l "$LABEL" -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.readyReplicas}')
+        if [ "$total_replicas" != "$ready_replicas" ]; then
+            echo "Total replicas $total_replicas is not equal to ready count $ready_replicas"
+            kubectl get deployment -l "$LABEL" -n "$NAMESPACE"
+            sleep 10
+        else
+            echo "Total replicas $total_replicas is equal to ready count $ready_replicas"
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ "$retry" -gt "$DEPLOY_TIMEOUT" ]; then
+        echo "[Timeout] Failed to get deployment"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function check_daemonset_status() {
+    LABEL=$1
+    NAMESPACE=$2
+    echo "Checking Daemonset status for label $LABEL in Namespace $NAMESPACE"
+    for ((retry = 0; retry <= DEPLOY_TIMEOUT; retry = retry + 5)); do
+        total_replicas=$(kubectl get daemonset -l "$LABEL" -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.numberAvailable}')
+
+        ready_replicas=$(kubectl get daemonset -l "$LABEL" -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.numberReady}')
+        if [ "$total_replicas" != "$ready_replicas" ]; then
+            echo "Total replicas $total_replicas is not equal to ready count $ready_replicas"
+            kubectl get daemonset -l "$LABEL" -n "$NAMESPACE"
+            sleep 10
+        else
+            echo "Total replicas $total_replicas is equal to ready count $ready_replicas"
+            break
+
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ "$retry" -gt "$DEPLOY_TIMEOUT" ]; then
+        echo "[Timeout] Failed to get daemonset"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+detectArch() {
+    case "$(uname -m)" in
+    "x86_64" | "amd64")
+        arch="amd64"
+        ;;
+    "aarch64")
+        arch="arm64"
+        ;;
+    "i386")
+        arch="i386"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Couldn't translate 'uname -m' output to an available arch."
+        echo "Try setting ARCH environment variable to your system arch:"
+        echo "amd64, x86_64. aarch64, i386"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+install() {
+    if ! helm_loc="$(type -p "helm")" || [[ -z ${helm_loc} ]]; then
+        # Download and unpack helm
+        local dist
+        dist="$(uname -s)"
+        mkdir -p ${TEMP}
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2021
+        dist=$(echo "${dist}" | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]")
+        wget "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm/helm-${HELM_VERSION}-${dist}-${arch}.tar.gz" -O "${TEMP}/helm.tar.gz"
+        tar -C "${TEMP}" -zxvf "${TEMP}/helm.tar.gz"
+    fi
+
+    # set up RBAC for helm
+    kubectl --namespace kube-system create sa tiller
+    kubectl create clusterrolebinding tiller --clusterrole cluster-admin --serviceaccount=kube-system:tiller
+
+    # Init helm
+    "${HELM}" init --service-account tiller --output yaml |
+        sed 's@apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1@apiVersion: apps/v1@' |
+        sed 's@strategy: {}@selector: {"matchLabels": {"app": "helm", "name": "tiller"}}@' | kubectl apply -f -
+
+    kubectl -n kube-system patch deploy/tiller-deploy -p '{"spec": {"template": {"spec": {"serviceAccountName": "tiller"}}}}'
+
+    sleep 5
+
+    helm_ready=$(kubectl get pods -l app=helm -n kube-system -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.containerStatuses[0].ready}')
+    INC=0
+    until [[ "${helm_ready}" == "true" || $INC -gt 20 ]]; do
+        sleep 10
+        ((++INC))
+        helm_ready=$(kubectl get pods -l app=helm -n kube-system -o jsonpath='{.items[0].status.containerStatuses[0].ready}')
+        echo "helm pod status: ${helm_ready}"
+    done
+
+    if [ "${helm_ready}" != "true" ]; then
+        echo "Helm init not successful"
+        kubectl get pods -l app=helm -n kube-system
+        kubectl logs -lapp=helm --all-containers=true -nkube-system
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "Helm init successful"
+}
+
+install_cephcsi_helm_charts() {
+    NAMESPACE=$1
+    if [ -z "$NAMESPACE" ]; then
+        NAMESPACE="default"
+    fi
+    # install ceph-csi-cephfs and ceph-csi-rbd charts
+    "${HELM}" install "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/../charts/ceph-csi-cephfs --name ${CEPHFS_CHART_NAME} --namespace ${NAMESPACE} --set provisioner.fullnameOverride=csi-cephfsplugin-provisioner --set nodeplugin.fullnameOverride=csi-cephfsplugin --set configMapName=ceph-csi-config --set provisioner.podSecurityPolicy.enabled=true --set nodeplugin.podSecurityPolicy.enabled=true
+
+    check_deployment_status app=ceph-csi-cephfs ${NAMESPACE}
+    check_daemonset_status app=ceph-csi-cephfs ${NAMESPACE}
+
+    # deleting configmap as a workaround to avoid configmap already present
+    # issue when installing ceph-csi-rbd
+    kubectl delete cm ceph-csi-config --namespace ${NAMESPACE}
+    "${HELM}" install "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/../charts/ceph-csi-rbd --name ${RBD_CHART_NAME} --namespace ${NAMESPACE} --set provisioner.fullnameOverride=csi-rbdplugin-provisioner --set nodeplugin.fullnameOverride=csi-rbdplugin --set configMapName=ceph-csi-config --set provisioner.podSecurityPolicy.enabled=true --set nodeplugin.podSecurityPolicy.enabled=true
+
+    check_deployment_status app=ceph-csi-rbd ${NAMESPACE}
+    check_daemonset_status app=ceph-csi-rbd ${NAMESPACE}
+
+}
+
+cleanup_cephcsi_helm_charts() {
+    "${HELM}" del --purge ${CEPHFS_CHART_NAME}
+    "${HELM}" del --purge ${RBD_CHART_NAME}
+}
+
+helm_reset() {
+    "${HELM}" reset
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2021
+    rm -rf "${TEMP}"
+    kubectl --namespace kube-system delete sa tiller
+    kubectl delete clusterrolebinding tiller
+}
+
+if [ -z "${arch}" ]; then
+    detectArch
+fi
+
+if ! helm_loc="$(type -p "helm")" || [[ -z ${helm_loc} ]]; then
+    dist="$(uname -s)"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2021
+    dist=$(echo "${dist}" | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]")
+    HELM="${TEMP}/${dist}-${arch}/helm"
+fi
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+up)
+    install
+    ;;
+clean)
+    helm_reset
+    ;;
+install-cephcsi)
+    install_cephcsi_helm_charts "$2"
+    ;;
+cleanup-cephcsi)
+    cleanup_cephcsi_helm_charts
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "usage:" >&2
+    echo "  $0 up" >&2
+    echo "  $0 clean" >&2
+    echo "  $0 install-cephcsi" >&2
+    echo "  $0 cleanup-cephcsi" >&2
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/scripts/travis-functest.sh b/scripts/travis-functest.sh
index f0efd2762..07ae2022c 100755
--- a/scripts/travis-functest.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-functest.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ sudo scripts/minikube.sh cephcsi
 sudo scripts/minikube.sh k8s-sidecar
 sudo chown -R travis: "$HOME"/.minikube /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 # functional tests
-go test github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/e2e --deploy-timeout=10 -timeout=30m --cephcsi-namespace=cephcsi-e2e-$RANDOM -v
+go test github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/e2e --deploy-timeout=10 -timeout=30m --cephcsi-namespace=cephcsi-e2e-$RANDOM -v -mod=vendor
 
 sudo scripts/minikube.sh clean
diff --git a/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh b/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..99a338b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# This script will be used by travis to run functional test
+# against different kuberentes version
+export KUBE_VERSION=$1
+sudo scripts/minikube.sh up
+sudo scripts/minikube.sh deploy-rook
+# pull docker images to speed up e2e
+sudo scripts/minikube.sh cephcsi
+sudo scripts/minikube.sh k8s-sidecar
+sudo chown -R travis: "$HOME"/.minikube /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+
+NAMESPACE=cephcsi-e2e-$RANDOM
+# set up helm
+scripts/install-helm.sh up
+# install cephcsi helm charts
+scripts/install-helm.sh install-cephcsi ${NAMESPACE}
+# functional tests
+go test github.com/ceph/ceph-csi/e2e -mod=vendor --deploy-timeout=10 -timeout=30m --cephcsi-namespace=${NAMESPACE} --deploy-cephfs=false --deploy-rbd=false -v
+
+#cleanup
+scripts/install-helm.sh cleanup-cephcsi
+scripts/install-helm.sh cleanup
+sudo scripts/minikube.sh clean