diff --git a/hack/build-manifests.sh b/hack/build-manifests.sh
index dc514ed8c9d1..b2776d9de6fb 100755
--- a/hack/build-manifests.sh
+++ b/hack/build-manifests.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ for arg in $args; do
         --image-prefix=${image_prefix} \
         --image-pull-policy=${image_pull_policy} \
         --infra-replicas=${infra_replicas} \
+        --test-image-replicas=${test_image_replicas} \
         --input-file=${infile} \
         --kubevirt-logo-path=${kubevirt_logo_path} \
         --namespace=${namespace} \
diff --git a/hack/config-default.sh b/hack/config-default.sh
index 49b3af185f5f..549195ec7379 100644
--- a/hack/config-default.sh
+++ b/hack/config-default.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ conn_check_ipv6_address=${CONN_CHECK_IPV6_ADDRESS:-""}
 conn_check_dns=${CONN_CHECK_DNS:-""}
 migration_network_nic=${MIGRATION_NETWORK_NIC:-"eth1"}
 infra_replicas=${KUBEVIRT_INFRA_REPLICAS:-0}
+test_image_replicas=${KUBEVIRT_E2E_PARALLEL_NODES:-6}
 common_instancetypes_version=${COMMON_INSTANCETYPES_VERSION:-"v1.0.1"}
 cluster_instancetypes_sha256=${CLUSTER_INSTANCETYPES_SHA256:-"ebd37dae0ed07ae1a79bb09b27b4fe8b971ff371ee900119e1906e1574ecf829"}
 cluster_preferences_sha256=${CLUSTER_PREFERENCES_SHA256:-"fa7e6cb6b21116d4ef200f4e9e774e38f26862055f62a23c7f926610f0d25ba4"}
diff --git a/hack/manifests.sh b/hack/manifests.sh
index b1ce7ac2cf2f..6b7f923066c4 100755
--- a/hack/manifests.sh
+++ b/hack/manifests.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ echo "Building manifests..."
 
 ${KUBEVIRT_PATH}hack/dockerized "KUBEVIRT_NO_BAZEL=${KUBEVIRT_NO_BAZEL} BUILD_ARCH=${BUILD_ARCH} && CSV_VERSION=${CSV_VERSION} QUAY_REPOSITORY=${QUAY_REPOSITORY} \
 	  DOCKER_PREFIX=${DOCKER_PREFIX} DOCKER_TAG=${DOCKER_TAG} KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER=${KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER} KUBEVIRT_ONLY_USE_TAGS=${KUBEVIRT_ONLY_USE_TAGS} \
-	  IMAGE_PULL_POLICY=${IMAGE_PULL_POLICY} VERBOSITY=${VERBOSITY} PACKAGE_NAME=${PACKAGE_NAME} KUBEVIRT_INFRA_REPLICAS=${KUBEVIRT_INFRA_REPLICAS} \
+	  IMAGE_PULL_POLICY=${IMAGE_PULL_POLICY} VERBOSITY=${VERBOSITY} PACKAGE_NAME=${PACKAGE_NAME} KUBEVIRT_INFRA_REPLICAS=${KUBEVIRT_INFRA_REPLICAS} KUBEVIRT_E2E_PARALLEL_NODES=${KUBEVIRT_E2E_PARALLEL_NODES} \
 	  KUBEVIRT_INSTALLED_NAMESPACE=${KUBEVIRT_INSTALLED_NAMESPACE} feature_gates=${FEATURE_GATES} runbook_url_template=${RUNBOOK_URL_TEMPLATE} ./hack/build-manifests.sh"
 
 echo "Done $0"
diff --git a/images/disks-images-provider/entrypoint.sh b/images/disks-images-provider/entrypoint.sh
index 6939f68fd3b8..cd69664fd79a 100755
--- a/images/disks-images-provider/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/images/disks-images-provider/entrypoint.sh
@@ -28,24 +28,18 @@ mkdir -p /images/datavolume1 /images/datavolume2 /images/datavolume3
 echo "copy all images to host mount directory"
 cp -R /images/* /hostImages/
 echo "make the alpine image ready for parallel use"
-cp -r /hostImages/alpine hostImages/alpine1
-cp -r /hostImages/alpine hostImages/alpine2
-cp -r /hostImages/alpine hostImages/alpine3
-cp -r /hostImages/alpine hostImages/alpine4
-cp -r /hostImages/alpine hostImages/alpine5
-cp -r /hostImages/alpine hostImages/alpine6
+for ((n = 1; n <= $(($NUM_TEST_IMAGE_REPLICAS)); n++)); do
+    cp -r /hostImages/alpine hostImages/alpine${n}
+done
 rm -rf /hostImages/alpine
 mkdir -p /local-storage/hotplug-test
 cp -r /hostImages/custom/disk.img /local-storage/hotplug-test/disk.img
 chmod -R 777 /local-storage/hotplug-test
 
 echo "make the custom image ready for parallel use"
-cp -r /hostImages/custom hostImages/custom1
-cp -r /hostImages/custom hostImages/custom2
-cp -r /hostImages/custom hostImages/custom3
-cp -r /hostImages/custom hostImages/custom4
-cp -r /hostImages/custom hostImages/custom5
-cp -r /hostImages/custom hostImages/custom6
+for ((n = 1; n <= $(($NUM_TEST_IMAGE_REPLICAS)); n++)); do
+    cp -r /hostImages/custom hostImages/custom${n}
+done
 rm -rf /hostImages/custom
 chmod -R 777 /hostImages
 
diff --git a/manifests/testing/disks-images-provider.yaml.in b/manifests/testing/disks-images-provider.yaml.in
index 0b4e36060c3d..d746f54b31cc 100644
--- a/manifests/testing/disks-images-provider.yaml.in
+++ b/manifests/testing/disks-images-provider.yaml.in
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ spec:
         - name: target
           image: {{.DockerPrefix}}/disks-images-provider:{{.DockerTag}}
           imagePullPolicy: Always
+          env:
+          - name: NUM_TEST_IMAGE_REPLICAS
+            value: {{.TestImageReplicas}}
           lifecycle:
             preStop:
               exec:
diff --git a/tools/manifest-templator/manifest-templator.go b/tools/manifest-templator/manifest-templator.go
index 669c0b31cf51..ad2cedb6420d 100644
--- a/tools/manifest-templator/manifest-templator.go
+++ b/tools/manifest-templator/manifest-templator.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ type templateData struct {
 	PriorityClassSpec      string
 	FeatureGates           []string
 	InfraReplicas          uint8
+	TestImageReplicas      string
 	GeneratedManifests     map[string]string
 	VirtOperatorImage      string
 	VirtApiImage           string
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ func main() {
 	runbookURLTemplate := flag.String("runbook-url-template", "", "")
 	featureGates := flag.String("feature-gates", "", "")
 	infraReplicas := flag.Uint("infra-replicas", 0, "")
+	testImageReplicas := flag.String("test-image-replicas", "0", "")
 	virtOperatorImage := flag.String("virt-operator-image", "", "custom image for virt-operator")
 	virtApiImage := flag.String("virt-api-image", "", "custom image for virt-api. "+customImageExample)
 	virtControllerImage := flag.String("virt-controller-image", "", "custom image for virt-controller. "+customImageExample)
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ func main() {
 		data.ImagePrefix = *imagePrefix
 		data.ImagePullPolicy = *imagePullPolicy
 		data.Verbosity = fmt.Sprintf("\"%s\"", *verbosity)
+		data.TestImageReplicas = fmt.Sprintf("\"%s\"", *testImageReplicas)
 		data.CsvVersion = *csvVersion
 		data.QuayRepository = *quayRepository
 		data.VirtOperatorSha = *virtOperatorSha
@@ -204,6 +207,7 @@ func main() {
 		data.ImagePrefix = "{{.ImagePrefix}}"
 		data.ImagePullPolicy = "{{.ImagePullPolicy}}"
 		data.Verbosity = "{{.Verbosity}}"
+		data.TestImageReplicas = "{{.TestImageReplicas}}"
 		data.CsvVersion = "{{.CsvVersion}}"
 		data.QuayRepository = "{{.QuayRepository}}"
 		data.VirtOperatorSha = "{{.VirtOperatorSha}}"