diff --git a/test/integration/functional_test.go b/test/integration/functional_test.go
index 246e146813..5f1ef0124b 100644
--- a/test/integration/functional_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/functional_test.go
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ func TestFunctional(t *testing.T) {
 			{"UpdateContextCmd", validateUpdateContextCmd},
 			{"DockerEnv", validateDockerEnv},
 			{"NodeLabels", validateNodeLabels},
-			{"MultiNode", validateMultiNode},
 		}
 		for _, tc := range tests {
 			tc := tc
@@ -188,38 +187,6 @@ func validateDockerEnv(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 
 }
 
-func validateMultiNode(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
-	if NoneDriver() {
-		t.Skip("none driver does not support multinode")
-	}
-
-	// TODO: remove this skip once docker multinode is fixed
-	if KicDriver() {
-		t.Skip("docker driver multinode is currently broken :(")
-	}
-
-	// Add a node to the current cluster
-	addArgs := []string{"node", "add", "-p", profile, "-v", "3", "--alsologtostderr"}
-	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), addArgs...))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to add node to current cluster. args %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
-	}
-
-	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "-p", profile, "status"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to run minikube status. args %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
-	}
-
-	if strings.Count(rr.Stdout.String(), "host: Running") != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("status says both hosts are not running: args %q: %v", rr.Command(), rr.Stdout.String())
-	}
-
-	if strings.Count(rr.Stdout.String(), "kubelet: Running") != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("status says both kubelets are not running: args %q: %v", rr.Command(), rr.Stdout.String())
-	}
-
-}
-
 func validateStartWithProxy(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 	srv, err := startHTTPProxy(t)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/integration/multinode_test.go b/test/integration/multinode_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d907fbcf8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/multinode_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// +build integration
+
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestMultiNode(t *testing.T) {
+	if NoneDriver() {
+		t.Skip("none driver does not support multinode")
+	}
+
+	// TODO: remove this skip once docker multinode is fixed
+	if KicDriver() {
+		t.Skip("docker driver multinode is currently broken :(")
+	}
+
+	newProfile := UniqueProfileName("multinode")
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), Minutes(30))
+	defer CleanupWithLogs(t, profile, cancel)
+
+	startArgs := append([]string{"start", "-p", newProfile, "--wait=true"}, StartArgs()...)
+	c := exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), startArgs...)
+
+	// Add a node to the current cluster
+	addArgs := []string{"node", "add", "-p", newProfile, "-v", "3", "--alsologtostderr"}
+	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), addArgs...))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to add node to current cluster. args %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "-p", newProfile, "status"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to run minikube status. args %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Count(rr.Stdout.String(), "host: Running") != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("status says both hosts are not running: args %q: %v", rr.Command(), rr.Stdout.String())
+	}
+
+	if strings.Count(rr.Stdout.String(), "kubelet: Running") != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("status says both kubelets are not running: args %q: %v", rr.Command(), rr.Stdout.String())
+	}
+
+}