diff --git a/changelog/v1.19.0-beta3/add-missing-tests.yaml b/changelog/v1.19.0-beta3/add-missing-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..486ca466f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/v1.19.0-beta3/add-missing-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+changelog:
+- type: NON_USER_FACING
+  description: > 
+    Add missing e2e suite test for checking gateway param eternal traffic policy
diff --git a/pkg/utils/kubeutils/service.go b/pkg/utils/kubeutils/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7367ec09d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/kubeutils/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package kubeutils
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+)
+
+// GetService gets the service from the provided name/namespace
+func GetService(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset,
+	serviceName string,
+	serviceNamespace string,
+) (*corev1.Service, error) {
+
+	service, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Services(serviceNamespace).Get(ctx, serviceName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return service, nil
+}
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/deployer/suite.go b/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/deployer/suite.go
index 05d1e0130cf..a601236bef4 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/deployer/suite.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/deployer/suite.go
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ func (s *testingSuite) TestProvisionResourcesUpdatedWithValidParameters() {
 	s.patchGatewayParameters(gwParamsDefault.ObjectMeta, func(parameters *v1alpha1.GatewayParameters) {
 		parameters.Spec.Kube.Service.ExternalTrafficPolicy = ptr.To(corev1.ServiceExternalTrafficPolicyLocal)
 	})
+
+	// the GatewayParameters modification should cause the deployer to re-run and update the
+	// service to have ExternalTrafficPolicy = Local
+	s.testInstallation.Assertions.EventuallyExternalTrafficPolicy(s.ctx, *proxyService, gomega.Equal(corev1.ServiceExternalTrafficPolicyLocal))
 }
 
 func (s *testingSuite) TestProvisionResourcesNotUpdatedWithInvalidParameters() {
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/testutils/assertions/service.go b/test/kubernetes/testutils/assertions/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d309872fe9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/kubernetes/testutils/assertions/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package assertions
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
+	"github.com/solo-io/gloo/pkg/utils/kubeutils"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+)
+
+func (p *Provider) EventuallyExternalTrafficPolicy(ctx context.Context, service corev1.Service, externalTrafficPolicyMatcher types.GomegaMatcher) {
+	p.Gomega.Eventually(func(innerG Gomega) {
+		service, err := kubeutils.GetService(ctx, p.clusterContext.Clientset, service.Name, service.Namespace)
+		innerG.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "can get service")
+		innerG.Expect(service.Spec.ExternalTrafficPolicy).To(externalTrafficPolicyMatcher, "externalTrafficPolicy to match")
+	}).
+		WithContext(ctx).
+		WithTimeout(time.Second * 30).
+		WithPolling(time.Millisecond * 200).
+		Should(Succeed())
+}