diff --git a/e2e/scenarios/kops-simple b/e2e/scenarios/kops-simple
index 2cdfc8f9c7..564283ee35 100755
--- a/e2e/scenarios/kops-simple
+++ b/e2e/scenarios/kops-simple
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ cd ${REPO_ROOT}
 export KO_DOCKER_REPO="${IMAGE_REPO}"
 ko build --tags ${IMAGE_TAG} --base-import-paths --push=true ./cmd/cloud-controller-manager/
 
+# HACK just so we can see the image quickly
+exit 1
+
 # TODO: Only if running in a test project?
 gsutil iam ch allAuthenticatedUsers:objectViewer gs://artifacts.${GCP_PROJECT}.appspot.com
 
diff --git a/e2e/setup-workspace.sh b/e2e/setup-workspace.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4ca2fb5ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/setup-workspace.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+cd ${REPO_ROOT}
+cd ..
+WORKSPACE=$(pwd)
+
+cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
+go work init
+
+go work use .
+go work use crd
+go work use providers
+
+sed -i 's/^\s*k8s.io.*//g' go.mod
+
+go work use ${WORKSPACE}/kubernetes
+for d in ${WORKSPACE}/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/*; do
+  go work use $d
+done
+
+go work sync
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