diff --git a/e2e-tests/preinit-updates/conf/some-name.yml b/e2e-tests/preinit-updates/conf/some-name.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b0b27f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/preinit-updates/conf/some-name.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+apiVersion: psmdb.percona.com/v1
+kind: PerconaServerMongoDB
+metadata:
+  name: some-name
+spec:
+  #platform: openshift
+  image:
+  imagePullPolicy: Always
+  allowUnsafeConfigurations: false
+  updateStrategy: SmartUpdate
+  backup:
+    enabled: false
+    image: perconalab/percona-server-mongodb-operator:0.4.0-backup
+  replsets:
+  - name: rs0
+    # readinessDelaySec: 40
+    # livenessDelaySec: 120
+    affinity:
+      antiAffinityTopologyKey: none
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: 500m
+        memory: 0.5G
+      requests:
+        cpu: 100m
+        memory: 0.1G
+    configuration: |
+      operationProfiling:
+        mode: slowOp
+        slowOpThresholdMs: 100
+      security:
+        enableEncryption: true
+        redactClientLogData: false
+      setParameter:
+        ttlMonitorSleepSecs: 60
+        wiredTigerConcurrentReadTransactions: 128
+        wiredTigerConcurrentWriteTransactions: 128
+      storage:
+        engine: wiredTiger
+        wiredTiger:
+          collectionConfig:
+            blockCompressor: snappy
+          engineConfig:
+            directoryForIndexes: false
+            journalCompressor: snappy
+          indexConfig:
+            prefixCompression: true
+    volumeSpec:
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            storage: 1Gi
+    size: 3
+  secrets:
+    users: some-users
diff --git a/e2e-tests/preinit-updates/run b/e2e-tests/preinit-updates/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c52530afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/preinit-updates/run
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+
+test_dir=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+. ${test_dir}/../functions
+set_debug
+
+create_infra ${namespace}
+
+cluster="some-name"
+desc "test starts on cluster: ${cluster}"
+
+apply_cluster ${test_dir}/conf/${cluster}.yml
+wait_for_running ${cluster}-rs0 1 "false"
+echo "enabling backups"
+kubectl_bin patch psmdb ${cluster} --type=merge -p '{"spec":{"backup":{"enabled":true}}}'
+echo "sleeping for 7 seconds..."
+sleep 7
+echo "changing rs0 resources"
+kubectl_bin patch psmdb ${cluster} --type=json -p '[{"op":"replace","path":"/spec/replsets/0/resources/limits/cpu","value":"550m"}]'
+
+wait_for_running ${cluster}-rs0 3
+wait_cluster_consistency "${cluster}"
+
+desc 'test passed'
+
+destroy $namespace
diff --git a/e2e-tests/run-pr.csv b/e2e-tests/run-pr.csv
index fe55ed9ff..1c60d0407 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/run-pr.csv
+++ b/e2e-tests/run-pr.csv
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ operator-self-healing-chaos
 pitr
 pitr-sharded
 pitr-physical
+preinit-updates
 pvc-resize
 recover-no-primary
 replset-overrides
diff --git a/e2e-tests/run-release.csv b/e2e-tests/run-release.csv
index 8165ad96b..ad56cdda8 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/run-release.csv
+++ b/e2e-tests/run-release.csv
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ operator-self-healing-chaos
 pitr
 pitr-sharded
 pitr-physical
+preinit-updates
 pvc-resize
 recover-no-primary
 replset-overrides