diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cec0421..ce6ab3c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ replace (
 	k8s.io/metrics => k8s.io/metrics v0.18.6
 	k8s.io/sample-apiserver => k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.18.6
 	github.com/datastax/cass-operator => github.com/jsanda/cass-operator v1.0.1-0.20201111154347-91205f4d8f1e
+	github.com/k8ssandra/reaper-client-go => github.com/burmanm/reaper-client-go v0.3.1-0.20201202113256-e98a624e553c
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1d81f0c..11827f0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ github.com/bshuster-repo/logrus-logstash-hook v0.4.1/go.mod h1:zsTqEiSzDgAa/8GZR
 github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-go v0.0.0-20141110184014-b1d153021fcd/go.mod h1:2oa8nejYd4cQ/b0hMIopN0lCRxU0bueqREvZLWFrtK8=
 github.com/bugsnag/osext v0.0.0-20130617224835-0dd3f918b21b/go.mod h1:obH5gd0BsqsP2LwDJ9aOkm/6J86V6lyAXCoQWGw3K50=
 github.com/bugsnag/panicwrap v0.0.0-20151223152923-e2c28503fcd0/go.mod h1:D/8v3kj0zr8ZAKg1AQ6crr+5VwKN5eIywRkfhyM/+dE=
+github.com/burmanm/reaper-client-go v0.3.1-0.20201202113256-e98a624e553c h1:VX6zPyR05ze04bSREqy9l9Aflf1TFMKsk4CJ+NN7dg8=
+github.com/burmanm/reaper-client-go v0.3.1-0.20201202113256-e98a624e553c/go.mod h1:1yol6YTcKcLOmPH9CfAdeFnVg/KCCTSbIUXMsF1cKII=
 github.com/caddyserver/caddy v1.0.3/go.mod h1:G+ouvOY32gENkJC+jhgl62TyhvqEsFaDiZ4uw0RzP1E=
 github.com/campoy/embedmd v1.0.0/go.mod h1:oxyr9RCiSXg0M3VJ3ks0UGfp98BpSSGr0kpiX3MzVl8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v0.0.0-20181003080854-62661b46c409/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
diff --git a/pkg/reconcile/reconcilers_test.go b/pkg/reconcile/reconcilers_test.go
index f9c2a82..211d33a 100644
--- a/pkg/reconcile/reconcilers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconcile/reconcilers_test.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func TestNewDeployment(t *testing.T) {
 			Value: "false",
 		},
 		{
-			Name: "REAPER_AUTO_SCHEDULING_ENABLED",
+			Name:  "REAPER_AUTO_SCHEDULING_ENABLED",
 			Value: "true",
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/test/e2e/deploy_reaper_test.go b/test/e2e/deploy_reaper_test.go
index ee989be..9ad73cc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/deploy_reaper_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/deploy_reaper_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	reapergo "github.com/k8ssandra/reaper-client-go/reaper"
+
 	api "github.com/k8ssandra/reaper-operator/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/k8ssandra/reaper-operator/test/framework"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -76,6 +79,9 @@ var _ = Describe("Deploy Reaper with Cassandra backend", func() {
 								Name: cassdc.Name,
 							},
 						},
+						AutoScheduling: &api.AutoScheduler{
+							Enabled: true,
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			}
@@ -93,6 +99,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Deploy Reaper with Cassandra backend", func() {
 				return len(reaper.Status.Clusters) == 1 && reaper.Status.Clusters[0] == cassdc.Spec.ClusterName
 			})
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "failing waiting for cluster to get registered")
+
+			By("verify from reaper that the cluster has scheduling")
+			reaperSvc := reaper.Name + "-reaper-service" + "." + reaper.Namespace
+			reaperClient, err := reapergo.NewReaperClient(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:8080", reaperSvc))
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+			schedules, err := reaperClient.RepairSchedulesPerCluster(context.Background(), cassdc.Spec.ClusterName)
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+			Expect(len(schedules) > 0).To(BeTrue())
 		})
 	})
 })