diff --git a/deploy/example/daemonset-nfs-ephemeral.yaml b/deploy/example/daemonset-nfs-ephemeral.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de9ea1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/example/daemonset-nfs-ephemeral.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+kind: DaemonSet
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+metadata:
+  name: daemonset-nfs-ephemeral
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: daemonset-nfs-ephemeral
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: daemonset-nfs-ephemeral
+    spec:
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/os: linux
+      containers:
+        - name: nginx
+          image: mcr.microsoft.com/oss/nginx/nginx:1.19.5
+          command:
+            - "/bin/bash"
+            - "-c"
+            - set -euo pipefail; while true; do echo $(date) >> /mnt/nfs/outfile; sleep 1; done
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: nfs
+              mountPath: "/mnt/nfs"
+              readOnly: false
+      volumes:
+        - name: nfs
+          ephemeral:
+            volumeClaimTemplate:
+              spec:
+                accessModes:
+                  - ReadWriteOnce
+                resources:
+                  requests:
+                    storage: 10Gi
+                storageClassName: nfs-csi
diff --git a/hack/verify-examples.sh b/hack/verify-examples.sh
index bd071110..ad5eb044 100755
--- a/hack/verify-examples.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-examples.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ echo "begin to create deployment examples ..."
 kubectl apply -f ./deploy/example/storageclass-nfs.yaml
 kubectl apply -f ./deploy/example/deployment.yaml
 kubectl apply -f ./deploy/example/statefulset.yaml
+if [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]&&[[ "$1" == *"ephemeral"* ]]; then
+    kubectl apply -f ./deploy/example/daemonset-nfs-ephemeral.yaml
+fi
 
 echo "sleep 60s ..."
 sleep 60
@@ -29,5 +32,8 @@ kubectl get pods -o wide
 
 kubectl get pods --field-selector status.phase=Running | grep deployment-nfs
 kubectl get pods --field-selector status.phase=Running | grep statefulset-nfs-0
+if [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]&&[[ "$1" == *"ephemeral"* ]]; then
+    kubectl get pods --field-selector status.phase=Running | grep daemonset-nfs-ephemeral
+fi
 
 echo "deployment examples running completed."
diff --git a/test/external-e2e/run.sh b/test/external-e2e/run.sh
index 1d89d8ab..edbc4c95 100644
--- a/test/external-e2e/run.sh
+++ b/test/external-e2e/run.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ setup_e2e_binaries() {
 }
 
 print_logs() {
+    bash ./hack/verify-examples.sh ephemeral
     echo "print out driver logs ..."
     bash ./test/utils/nfs_log.sh
 }