diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
index 453e2eb9fb..c1aa71aa1b 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-cmd-util.sh
@@ -2833,6 +2833,31 @@ run_deployment_tests() {
   # Clean up
   kubectl delete deployment nginx-deployment "${kube_flags[@]}"
 
+  ### Set env of a deployment
+  # Pre-condition: no deployment exists
+  kube::test::get_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  # Create a deployment
+  kubectl create -f hack/testdata/deployment-multicontainer.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kubectl create -f hack/testdata/configmap.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kubectl create -f hack/testdata/secret.yaml "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kube::test::get_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'nginx-deployment:'
+  kube::test::get_object_assert configmap "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'test-set-env-config:'
+  kube::test::get_object_assert secret "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'test-set-env-secret:'
+  # Set env of deployments for all container
+  kubectl set env deployment nginx-deployment env=prod "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  # Set env of deployments for specific container
+  kubectl set env deployment nginx-deployment env=prod -c=nginx "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  # Set env of deployments by configmap
+  kubectl set env deployment nginx-deployment --from=configmap/test-set-env-config "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  # Set env of deployments by secret
+  kubectl set env deployment nginx-deployment --from=secret/test-set-env-secret "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  # Remove specific env of deployment
+  kubectl set env deployment nginx-deployment env-
+  # Clean up
+  kubectl delete deployment nginx-deployment "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kubectl delete configmap test-set-env-config "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  kubectl delete secret test-set-env-secret "${kube_flags[@]}"
+
   set +o nounset
   set +o errexit
 }
diff --git a/hack/testdata/configmap.yaml b/hack/testdata/configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e972930d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/testdata/configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  key-1: value-1
+  key-2: value-2
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: test-set-env-config
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diff --git a/hack/testdata/secret.yaml b/hack/testdata/secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..105ffe5d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/testdata/secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: test-set-env-secret
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  password: dmFsdWUtMg0K
+  username: dmFsdWUtMQ0K
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