diff --git a/test/e2e/performanceprofile/functests/5_latency_testing/5_latency_testing_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/performanceprofile/functests/5_latency_testing/5_latency_testing_suite_test.go
index 80f1009e14..b8e878314f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/performanceprofile/functests/5_latency_testing/5_latency_testing_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/performanceprofile/functests/5_latency_testing/5_latency_testing_suite_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,18 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 		testlog.Errorf("cannot create the namespace: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	ds, err := images.PrePull(context.TODO(), testclient.Client, images.Test(), prePullNamespace.Name, "cnf-tests")
+	var imagePullSecrets []corev1.LocalObjectReference
+	if pullSecretName := os.Getenv("CNF_IMAGE_PULL_AUTH"); pullSecretName != "" {
+		imagePullSecrets = []corev1.LocalObjectReference{
+			{
+				Name: pullSecretName,
+			},
+		}
+		testlog.TaggedInfof("Info", "Using image pull secret: %s", pullSecretName)
+	} else {
+		testlog.TaggedInfof("Info", "Environment '%s' is empty or not set", pullSecretName)
+	}
+	ds, err := images.PrePull(context.TODO(), testclient.Client, images.Test(), prePullNamespace.Name, "cnf-tests", imagePullSecrets)
 	if err != nil {
 		data, _ := json.Marshal(ds) // we can safely skip errors
 		testlog.Infof("DaemonSet %s/%s image=%q status:\n%s", ds.Namespace, ds.Name, images.Test(), string(data))
diff --git a/test/e2e/performanceprofile/functests/utils/images/prepull.go b/test/e2e/performanceprofile/functests/utils/images/prepull.go
index 8159a0842e..202ae27c00 100644
--- a/test/e2e/performanceprofile/functests/utils/images/prepull.go
+++ b/test/e2e/performanceprofile/functests/utils/images/prepull.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func GetPullTimeout() (time.Duration, error) {
 }
 
 // PrePull makes sure the image is pre-pulled on the relevant nodes.
-func PrePull(ctx context.Context, cli client.Client, pullSpec, namespace, tag string) (*appsv1.DaemonSet, error) {
+func PrePull(ctx context.Context, cli client.Client, pullSpec, namespace, tag string, imagePullSecrets []corev1.LocalObjectReference) (*appsv1.DaemonSet, error) {
 	name := PrePullPrefix + tag
 	ds := appsv1.DaemonSet{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func PrePull(ctx context.Context, cli client.Client, pullSpec, namespace, tag st
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+					ImagePullSecrets: imagePullSecrets,
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{
 						{
 							Name:    "prepullcontainer",