diff --git a/Makefile.e2e b/Makefile.e2e
index 5c5b6b9cf..c13c65e14 100644
--- a/Makefile.e2e
+++ b/Makefile.e2e
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ skaffold.validate:
 # MODE must be set to one of "dev" (default), "delete" or "run", and is used as the skaffold command to be run.
 .PHONY: skaffold
 skaffold: MODE ?= dev
-skaffold: skaffold/$(MODE)
+.SECONDEXPANSION:
+skaffold: skaffold/$$(MODE)
 
 .PHONY: skaffold/%
 skaffold/%: PROFILE := local
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ skaffold/%: skaffold.validate
 		-f $(PWD)/hack/skaffold/virtual-kubelet/skaffold.yml \
 		-p $(PROFILE)
 
+skaffold/run skaffold/dev: bin/e2e/virtual-kubelet
+
 bin/e2e:
 	@mkdir -p bin/e2e