diff --git a/test/scale/label-nodes.sh b/test/scale/label-nodes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ec500f677b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scale/label-nodes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cmd=$1
+retries=0
+while [ $retries -lt 5 ]; do
+    $cmd
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        break
+    fi
+    retries=$((retries+1))
+    sleep 5s
+done
+    
+if [ $retries -eq 5 ]; then
+    echo "Error in executing $cmd"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+for node in $(kubectl get nodes -o name);
+do
+    echo "Current : $node"
+    node_name="${node##*/}"
+    echo "Apply label to the node"
+    kubectl label node $node_name connectivity-test=true
+    kubectl label node $node_name scale-test=true
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "Label applied to the node"
+    else
+        echo "Error in applying label to the node $node_name"
+    fi
+    sleep 2s
+done
diff --git a/test/scale/templates/real-deployment.yaml b/test/scale/templates/real-agnhost-deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/scale/templates/real-deployment.yaml
rename to test/scale/templates/real-agnhost-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/test/scale/templates/real-nginx-deployment.yaml b/test/scale/templates/real-nginx-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bdd413f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scale/templates/real-nginx-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: TEMP_NAME
+  namespace: scale-test
+  labels:
+    app: scale-test
+    is-real: "true"
+    name: TEMP_NAME
+spec:
+  replicas: TEMP_REPLICAS
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: scale-test
+      is-real: "true"OTHER_LABELS_6_SPACES
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: scale-test
+        name: TEMP_NAME
+        is-real: "true"OTHER_LABELS_8_SPACES
+    spec:
+      nodeSelector:
+        scale-test: "true"
+      containers:
+      - name: nginx
+        image: nginx:1
+        ports:
+        - name: http
+          containerPort: 80
diff --git a/test/scale/test-scale.sh b/test/scale/test-scale.sh
index 433264cffb..1a24f7fe7c 100755
--- a/test/scale/test-scale.sh
+++ b/test/scale/test-scale.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ OPTIONAL PARAMETERS:
     --debug-exit-after-print-counts       skip scale test. Just print out counts of things to be created and counts of IPSets/ACLs that NPM would create
     --num-real-services                   cluster ip service for the real deployments scheduled. Each svc will point to the respective deployment(having <num-real-replicas> pods) Default is 0
     --debug-exit-after-generation         skip scale test. Exit after generating templates
+    --real-pod-type                       select deployment type. Options are agnhost or nginx. Default is agnhost
 
 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS TO TEST DELETION:
     --sleep-after-creation=<int>          seconds to sleep after creating everything. Default is 0
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
         --num-real-deployments=*)
             numRealDeployments="${1#*=}"
             ;;
+        --real-pod-type=*)
+            realPodType="${1#*=}"
+            ;;
         --num-real-replicas=*)
             numRealReplicas="${1#*=}"
             ;;
@@ -180,6 +184,9 @@ fi
 if [[ -z $KUBECTL ]]; then
     KUBECTL="kubectl"
 fi
+if [[ -z $realPodType ]]; then
+    realPodType="agnhost"
+fi
 if [[ -z $numRealServices ]]; then numRealServices=0; fi
 if [[ -z $deletePodsInterval ]]; then deletePodsInterval=60; fi
 if [[ -z $deletePodsTimes ]]; then deletePodsTimes=1; fi
@@ -213,7 +220,7 @@ if [[ $numRealPods -gt 0 ]]; then
     extraIPSets=$(( $extraIPSets + 2 ))
 fi
 if [[ $numRealServices -gt 0 ]]; then
-    extraIPSets=$(( $extraIPSets + $numRealDeployments ))
+    extraIPSets=$(( $extraIPSets + $numRealDeployments))
 fi
 numIPSetsAddedByNPM=$(( 4 + 2*$numTotalPods*$numUniqueLabelsPerPod + 2*$numSharedLabelsPerPod + 2*($numKwokDeployments+$numRealDeployments)*$numUniqueLabelsPerDeployment + $extraIPSets ))
 # 3 basic members are [all-ns,kubernetes.io/metadata.name,kubernetes.io/metadata.name:scale-test]
@@ -292,7 +299,7 @@ test -d generated && rm -rf generated/
 mkdir -p generated/networkpolicies/applied
 mkdir -p generated/networkpolicies/unapplied
 mkdir -p generated/kwok-nodes
-mkdir -p generated/deployments/real/
+mkdir -p generated/deployments/real-$realPodType/
 mkdir -p generated/deployments/kwok/
 mkdir -p generated/services/real/
 
@@ -301,6 +308,7 @@ generateDeployments() {
     local numReplicas=$2
     local depKind=$3
 
+
     for i in $(seq -f "%05g" 1 $numDeployments); do
         name="$depKind-dep-$i"
         labelPrefix="$depKind-dep-lab-$i"
@@ -332,21 +340,22 @@ generateServices() {
     local numServices=$1
     local numDeployments=$2
     local serviceKind=$3
+    local depKind=$4
 
     for i in $(seq -f "%05g" 1 $numServices); do
         name="$serviceKind-svc-$i"
         outFile=generated/services/$serviceKind/$name.yaml
 
         sed "s/TEMP_NAME/$name/g" templates/$serviceKind-service.yaml > $outFile
-        sed -i "s/TEMP_DEPLOYMENT_NAME/$serviceKind-dep-$i/g" $outFile
+        sed -i "s/TEMP_DEPLOYMENT_NAME/$serviceKind-$depKind-dep-$i/g" $outFile
     done
 }
 
 echo "Generating yamls..."
 
 generateDeployments $numKwokDeployments $numKwokReplicas kwok
-generateDeployments $numRealDeployments $numRealReplicas real
-generateServices $numRealServices $numRealDeployments real
+generateDeployments $numRealDeployments $numRealReplicas real-$realPodType
+generateServices $numRealServices $numRealDeployments real $realPodType
 
 for j in $(seq 1 $numNetworkPolicies); do
     valNum=$j
@@ -439,7 +448,7 @@ if [[ $numKwokNodes -gt 0 ]]; then
     $KUBECTL $KUBECONFIG_ARG apply -f generated/kwok-nodes/
 fi
 if [[ $numRealPods -gt 0 ]]; then
-    $KUBECTL $KUBECONFIG_ARG apply -f generated/deployments/real/
+    $KUBECTL $KUBECONFIG_ARG apply -f generated/deployments/real-$realPodType/
 fi
 if [[ $numKwokPods -gt 0 ]]; then
     $KUBECTL $KUBECONFIG_ARG apply -f generated/deployments/kwok/