diff --git a/test/e2e/common/kubelet_etc_hosts.go b/test/e2e/common/kubelet_etc_hosts.go
index 52b9399707983..1a69d691e583f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common/kubelet_etc_hosts.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common/kubelet_etc_hosts.go
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ func (config *KubeletManagedHostConfig) getEtcHostsContent(podName, containerNam
 }
 
 func (config *KubeletManagedHostConfig) createPodSpec(podName string) *v1.Pod {
+	hostPathType := new(v1.HostPathType)
+	*hostPathType = v1.HostPathType(string(v1.HostPathFileOrCreate))
 	pod := &v1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: podName,
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ func (config *KubeletManagedHostConfig) createPodSpec(podName string) *v1.Pod {
 					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
 						HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{
 							Path: "/etc/hosts",
+							Type: hostPathType,
 						},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/log_path_test.go b/test/e2e_node/log_path_test.go
index 4974943366b3d..b4d64aa52a856 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/log_path_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/log_path_test.go
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("ContainerLogPath", func() {
 
 				expectedlogFile := logDir + "/" + logPodName + "_" + ns + "_" + logContName + "-" + logConID.ID + ".log"
 
+				hostPathType := new(v1.HostPathType)
+				*hostPathType = v1.HostPathType(string(v1.HostPathFileOrCreate))
+
 				checkPod := &v1.Pod{
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 						Name: checkPodName,
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("ContainerLogPath", func() {
 								VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
 									HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{
 										Path: expectedlogFile,
+										Type: hostPathType,
 									},
 								},
 							},
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go b/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go
index e35236d6f10e0..dea4b7fe4b1b0 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/node_problem_detector_linux.go
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NodeProblemDetector", func() {
 			})
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			By("Create the node problem detector")
+			hostPathType := new(v1.HostPathType)
+			*hostPathType = v1.HostPathType(string(v1.HostPathFileOrCreate))
 			f.PodClient().CreateSync(&v1.Pod{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name: name,
@@ -186,7 +188,10 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("NodeProblemDetector", func() {
 						{
 							Name: localtimeVolume,
 							VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
-								HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: etcLocaltime},
+								HostPath: &v1.HostPathVolumeSource{
+									Path: etcLocaltime,
+									Type: hostPathType,
+								},
 							},
 						},
 					},
diff --git a/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-apiserver.yaml b/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-apiserver.yaml
index 6150aa737b69b..a41a2c666dc2b 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-apiserver.yaml
+++ b/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-apiserver.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ spec:
     name: srvkube
   - hostPath:
       path: /var/log/kube-apiserver.log
+      type: FileOrCreate
     name: logfile
   - hostPath:
       path: /etc/ssl
diff --git a/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-controller-manager.yaml b/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-controller-manager.yaml
index f9956ed7940a2..a7cfbd5785b80 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-controller-manager.yaml
+++ b/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-controller-manager.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ spec:
     name: srvkube
   - hostPath:
       path: /var/log/kube-controller-manager.log
+      type: FileOrCreate
     name: logfile
   - hostPath:
       path: /etc/ssl
diff --git a/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-scheduler.yaml b/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-scheduler.yaml
index 6b05d245f22db..eeef9bb628649 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-scheduler.yaml
+++ b/test/fixtures/doc-yaml/admin/high-availability/kube-scheduler.yaml
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ spec:
   volumes:
   - hostPath:
       path: /var/log/kube-scheduler.log
+      type: FileOrCreate
     name: logfile
diff --git a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/etcd-events.yaml b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/etcd-events.yaml
index 59fb70dc4aa9a..ea83b1b604b97 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/etcd-events.yaml
+++ b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/etcd-events.yaml
@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ spec:
   - name: varlogetcd
     hostPath:
       path: /var/log/etcd-events.log
+      type: FileOrCreate
diff --git a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/etcd.yaml b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/etcd.yaml
index 6c1ab1dfca96b..2f7d88a633f24 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/etcd.yaml
+++ b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/etcd.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ spec:
   - name: varlogetcd
     hostPath:
       path: /var/log/etcd.log
+      type: FileOrCreate
diff --git a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-addon-manager.yaml b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-addon-manager.yaml
index a24309d6525f9..2c40c884bb60e 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-addon-manager.yaml
+++ b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-addon-manager.yaml
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ spec:
   - name: varlog
     hostPath:
       path: /var/log/kube-addon-manager.log
+      type: FileOrCreate
diff --git a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml
index f1475e23cd1ed..af4d1cd357e72 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml
+++ b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ spec:
   - name: logfile
     hostPath:
       path: /var/log/kube-apiserver.log
+      type: FileOrCreate
   - name: etcssl
     hostPath:
       path: /etc/ssl
diff --git a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-controller-manager.yaml b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-controller-manager.yaml
index a3f1b491c07a9..c465b9ecc9fb2 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-controller-manager.yaml
+++ b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-controller-manager.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ spec:
   - name: logfile
     hostPath:
       path: /var/log/kube-controller-manager.log
+      type: FileOrCreate
   - name: etcssl
     hostPath:
       path: /etc/ssl
diff --git a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml
index ac5a67293e90b..daf1728295a0d 100644
--- a/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml
+++ b/test/kubemark/resources/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ spec:
   - name: logfile
     hostPath:
       path: /var/log/kube-scheduler.log
+      type: FileOrCreate