diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
index f583f78116..2582a392c2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_pods.go
@@ -89,7 +89,19 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) listPodsFromDisk() ([]types.UID, error) {
 
 // GetActivePods returns non-terminal pods
 func (kl *Kubelet) GetActivePods() []*v1.Pod {
-	allPods := kl.podManager.GetPods()
+	allPods, mirrorPods := kl.podManager.GetPodsAndMirrorPods()
+	mirrorPodSet := make(map[string]*v1.Pod)
+	for _, p := range mirrorPods {
+		mirrorPodSet[kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(p)] = p
+	}
+	for i := range allPods {
+		podFullName := kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(allPods[i])
+		// replace static pod with mirror pod as some info (e.g. spec.Priority)
+		// is needed to make further decisions (e.g. eviction)
+		if mirrorPod, ok := mirrorPodSet[podFullName]; ok {
+			allPods[i] = mirrorPod
+		}
+	}
 	activePods := kl.filterOutTerminatedPods(allPods)
 	return activePods
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/BUILD b/test/e2e_node/BUILD
index 6ada6c9ea2..c51700ee4f 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e_node/BUILD
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ go_test(
         "runtime_conformance_test.go",
         "security_context_test.go",
         "summary_test.go",
+        "system_node_critical_test.go",
         "volume_manager_test.go",
     ],
     out = "e2e_node.test",
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/system_node_critical_test.go b/test/e2e_node/system_node_critical_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4de2b499b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e_node/system_node_critical_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package e2e_node
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+	kubeapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
+	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis/config"
+	evictionapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/eviction/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("SystemNodeCriticalPod [Slow] [Serial] [Disruptive] [NodeFeature:SystemNodeCriticalPod]", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("system-node-critical-pod-test")
+	// this test only manipulates pods in kube-system
+	f.SkipNamespaceCreation = true
+
+	Context("when create a system-node-critical pod", func() {
+		tempSetCurrentKubeletConfig(f, func(initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) {
+			diskConsumed := resource.MustParse("200Mi")
+			summary := eventuallyGetSummary()
+			availableBytes := *(summary.Node.Fs.AvailableBytes)
+			initialConfig.EvictionHard = map[string]string{string(evictionapi.SignalNodeFsAvailable): fmt.Sprintf("%d", availableBytes-uint64(diskConsumed.Value()))}
+			initialConfig.EvictionMinimumReclaim = map[string]string{}
+		})
+
+		// Place the remainder of the test within a context so that the kubelet config is set before and after the test.
+		Context("", func() {
+			var staticPodName, mirrorPodName, podPath string
+			ns := kubeapi.NamespaceSystem
+
+			BeforeEach(func() {
+				By("create a static system-node-critical pod")
+				staticPodName = "static-disk-hog-" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
+				mirrorPodName = staticPodName + "-" + framework.TestContext.NodeName
+				podPath = framework.TestContext.KubeletConfig.StaticPodPath
+				// define a static pod consuming disk gradually
+				// the upper limit is 1024 (iterations) * 10485760 bytes (10MB) = 10GB
+				err := createStaticSystemNodeCriticalPod(
+					podPath, staticPodName, ns, busyboxImage, v1.RestartPolicyNever, 1024,
+					"dd if=/dev/urandom of=file${i} bs=10485760 count=1 2>/dev/null; sleep .1;",
+				)
+				Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+				By("wait for the mirror pod to be running")
+				Eventually(func() error {
+					return checkMirrorPodRunning(f.ClientSet, mirrorPodName, ns)
+				}, time.Minute, time.Second*2).Should(BeNil())
+			})
+
+			It("should not be evicted upon DiskPressure", func() {
+				By("wait for the node to have DiskPressure condition")
+				Eventually(func() error {
+					if hasNodeCondition(f, v1.NodeDiskPressure) {
+						return nil
+					}
+					msg := fmt.Sprintf("NodeCondition: %s not encountered yet", v1.NodeDiskPressure)
+					framework.Logf(msg)
+					return fmt.Errorf(msg)
+				}, time.Minute*2, time.Second*4).Should(BeNil())
+
+				By("check if it's running all the time")
+				Consistently(func() error {
+					err := checkMirrorPodRunning(f.ClientSet, mirrorPodName, ns)
+					if err == nil {
+						framework.Logf("mirror pod %q is running", mirrorPodName)
+					} else {
+						framework.Logf(err.Error())
+					}
+					return err
+				}, time.Minute*8, time.Second*4).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+			})
+			AfterEach(func() {
+				By("delete the static pod")
+				err := deleteStaticPod(podPath, staticPodName, ns)
+				Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+				By("wait for the mirror pod to disappear")
+				Eventually(func() error {
+					return checkMirrorPodDisappear(f.ClientSet, mirrorPodName, ns)
+				}, time.Minute, time.Second*2).Should(BeNil())
+			})
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+func createStaticSystemNodeCriticalPod(dir, name, namespace, image string, restart v1.RestartPolicy,
+	iterations int, command string) error {
+	template := `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: %s
+  namespace: %s
+spec:
+  priorityClassName: system-node-critical
+  containers:
+  - name: %s
+    image: %s
+    restartPolicy: %s
+    command: ["sh", "-c", "i=0; while [ $i -lt %d ]; do %s i=$(($i+1)); done; while true; do sleep 5; done"]
+`
+	file := staticPodPath(dir, name, namespace)
+	podYaml := fmt.Sprintf(template, name, namespace, name, image, string(restart), iterations, command)
+
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(file, os.O_RDWR|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	_, err = f.WriteString(podYaml)
+	return err
+}