diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 46a80d3bb..52ccc1558 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export DEVBOX_NO_ENVRC_UPDATE=1
 eval "$(devbox generate direnv --print-envrc --env-file .dev-envrc)"
 
 dotenv_if_exists '.envrc.local'
+dotenv_if_exists '.envrc.e2e'
 
 # check out https://www.jetpack.io/devbox/docs/ide_configuration/direnv/
 # for more details
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 613da041e..461f586ac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ capd-kubeconfig
 ct_previous_*/
 
 .envrc.local*
+.envrc.e2e*
 
 public/
 resources/
diff --git a/make/dev.mk b/make/dev.mk
index 655020b7b..ef92df74e 100644
--- a/make/dev.mk
+++ b/make/dev.mk
@@ -46,3 +46,8 @@ else
 	release-please release-pr \
 	  --repo-url $(GITHUB_ORG)/$(GITHUB_REPOSITORY) --token "$$(gh auth token)"
 endif
+
+.PHONY: .envrc.e2e
+.envrc.e2e:
+	gojq --yaml-input --raw-output '.variables | to_entries | map("export \(.key)=\(.value|tostring)")|.[]' < test/e2e/config/caren.yaml | envsubst > .envrc.e2e
+	direnv reload