diff --git a/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_kvm_alt.sh b/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_kvm_alt.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6ecba1151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_kvm_alt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2016 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.
+
+
+# This script runs the integration tests on a Linux machine for the KVM Driver
+
+# The script expects the following env variables:
+# MINIKUBE_LOCATION: GIT_COMMIT from upstream build.
+# COMMIT: Actual commit ID from upstream build
+# EXTRA_BUILD_ARGS (optional): Extra args to be passed into the minikube integrations tests
+# access_token: The Github API access token. Injected by the Jenkins credential provider. 
+
+set -e
+
+OS_ARCH="linux-amd64"
+VM_DRIVER="kvm"
+JOB_NAME="Linux-KVM-Alt"
+
+# Use a checksum here instead of a released version
+# until the driver is stable
+SHA="1039171a1cfcb82e94e6fe3c977b3ebe14b3c8d3"
+
+pushd "$GOPATH/src/github.com/r2d4/docker-machine-driver-kvm" >/dev/null
+    git fetch origin
+    git checkout ${SHA}
+
+    # Make will run `go install` and put the binary in $GOBIN
+    make
+popd >/dev/null
+
+echo "Using driver $(which docker-machine-driver-kvm)"
+
+# Download files and set permissions
+source common.sh
+
+# Clean up the driver, so that we use the other KVM driver by default.
+rm $GOPATH/bin/docker-machine-driver-kvm
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/minikube_set_pending.sh b/hack/jenkins/minikube_set_pending.sh
index f510a9d57d..ea133ba76b 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/minikube_set_pending.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/minikube_set_pending.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 set -e
 set +x
 
-for job in "OSX-Virtualbox" "OSX-XHyve" "Linux-Virtualbox" "Linux-KVM" "Windows-HyperV"; do
+for job in "OSX-Virtualbox" "OSX-XHyve" "Linux-Virtualbox" "Linux-KVM" "Linux-KVM-Alt" "Windows-HyperV"; do
   target_url="https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube-builds/logs/${ghprbPullId}/${job}.txt"
   curl "https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes/minikube/statuses/${ghprbActualCommit}?access_token=$access_token" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \