diff --git a/test/e2e_node/cpumanager_test.go b/test/e2e_node/cpumanager_test.go
index e2ac29620f9..4c3a442dcdf 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/cpumanager_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/cpumanager_test.go
@@ -357,6 +357,130 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("CPU Manager", ginkgo.Ordered, framework.WithSerial(), featu
 			toleration := 1
 			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsQuasiThreadSiblings("gu-container", toleration))
 		})
+
+		ginkgo.It("should allocate exclusively CPUs to a multi-container pod (1+2)", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			cpuCount := 3 // total
+			reservedCPUs := cpuset.New(0)
+
+			skipIfNotEnoughAllocatableCPUs(ctx, f, cpuCount+reservedCPUs.Size(), onlineCPUs)
+
+			_ = updateKubeletConfigIfNeeded(ctx, f, configureCPUManagerInKubelet(oldCfg, &cpuManagerKubeletArguments{
+				policyName:         string(cpumanager.PolicyStatic),
+				reservedSystemCPUs: reservedCPUs, // Not really needed for the tests but helps to make a more precise check
+			}))
+
+			pod := makeCPUManagerPod("gu-pod", []ctnAttribute{
+				{
+					ctnName:    "gu-container-1",
+					cpuRequest: "1000m",
+					cpuLimit:   "1000m",
+				},
+				{
+					ctnName:    "gu-container-2",
+					cpuRequest: "2000m",
+					cpuLimit:   "2000m",
+				},
+			})
+			ginkgo.By("creating the test pod")
+			pod = e2epod.NewPodClient(f).CreateSync(ctx, pod)
+			podMap[string(pod.UID)] = pod
+
+			ginkgo.By("checking if the expected cpuset was assigned")
+
+			// we cannot nor we should predict which CPUs the container gets
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsCount("gu-container-1", 1))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsASubsetOf("gu-container-1", onlineCPUs))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).ToNot(HaveContainerCPUsOverlapWith("gu-container-1", reservedCPUs))
+
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsCount("gu-container-2", 2))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsASubsetOf("gu-container-2", onlineCPUs))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).ToNot(HaveContainerCPUsOverlapWith("gu-container-2", reservedCPUs))
+			// TODO: this is probably too strict but it is the closest of the old test did
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsThreadSiblings("gu-container-2"))
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.It("should allocate exclusively CPUs to a multi-container pod (3+2)", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			cpuCount := 5 // total
+			reservedCPUs := cpuset.New(0)
+
+			skipIfNotEnoughAllocatableCPUs(ctx, f, cpuCount+reservedCPUs.Size(), onlineCPUs)
+
+			_ = updateKubeletConfigIfNeeded(ctx, f, configureCPUManagerInKubelet(oldCfg, &cpuManagerKubeletArguments{
+				policyName:         string(cpumanager.PolicyStatic),
+				reservedSystemCPUs: reservedCPUs, // Not really needed for the tests but helps to make a more precise check
+			}))
+
+			pod := makeCPUManagerPod("gu-pod", []ctnAttribute{
+				{
+					ctnName:    "gu-container-1",
+					cpuRequest: "3000m",
+					cpuLimit:   "3000m",
+				},
+				{
+					ctnName:    "gu-container-2",
+					cpuRequest: "2000m",
+					cpuLimit:   "2000m",
+				},
+			})
+			ginkgo.By("creating the test pod")
+			pod = e2epod.NewPodClient(f).CreateSync(ctx, pod)
+			podMap[string(pod.UID)] = pod
+
+			ginkgo.By("checking if the expected cpuset was assigned")
+
+			// we cannot nor we should predict which CPUs the container gets
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsCount("gu-container-1", 3))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsASubsetOf("gu-container-1", onlineCPUs))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).ToNot(HaveContainerCPUsOverlapWith("gu-container-1", reservedCPUs))
+			toleration := 1
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsQuasiThreadSiblings("gu-container-1", toleration))
+
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsCount("gu-container-2", 2))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsASubsetOf("gu-container-2", onlineCPUs))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).ToNot(HaveContainerCPUsOverlapWith("gu-container-2", reservedCPUs))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsThreadSiblings("gu-container-2"))
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.It("should allocate exclusively CPUs to a multi-container pod (4+2)", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			cpuCount := 6 // total
+			reservedCPUs := cpuset.New(0)
+
+			skipIfNotEnoughAllocatableCPUs(ctx, f, cpuCount+reservedCPUs.Size(), onlineCPUs)
+
+			_ = updateKubeletConfigIfNeeded(ctx, f, configureCPUManagerInKubelet(oldCfg, &cpuManagerKubeletArguments{
+				policyName:         string(cpumanager.PolicyStatic),
+				reservedSystemCPUs: reservedCPUs, // Not really needed for the tests but helps to make a more precise check
+			}))
+
+			pod := makeCPUManagerPod("gu-pod", []ctnAttribute{
+				{
+					ctnName:    "gu-container-1",
+					cpuRequest: "4000m",
+					cpuLimit:   "4000m",
+				},
+				{
+					ctnName:    "gu-container-2",
+					cpuRequest: "2000m",
+					cpuLimit:   "2000m",
+				},
+			})
+			ginkgo.By("creating the test pod")
+			pod = e2epod.NewPodClient(f).CreateSync(ctx, pod)
+			podMap[string(pod.UID)] = pod
+
+			ginkgo.By("checking if the expected cpuset was assigned")
+
+			// we cannot nor we should predict which CPUs the container gets
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsCount("gu-container-1", 4))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsASubsetOf("gu-container-1", onlineCPUs))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).ToNot(HaveContainerCPUsOverlapWith("gu-container-1", reservedCPUs))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsThreadSiblings("gu-container-1"))
+
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsCount("gu-container-2", 2))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsASubsetOf("gu-container-2", onlineCPUs))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).ToNot(HaveContainerCPUsOverlapWith("gu-container-2", reservedCPUs))
+			gomega.Expect(pod).To(HaveContainerCPUsThreadSiblings("gu-container-2"))
+		})
 	})
 
 	ginkgo.When("running with strict CPU reservation", ginkgo.Label("strict-cpu-reservation"), func() {