diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6804ca11ee..2a33d77b18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ dbuild: libpodimage
 	docker run --name=${LIBPOD_INSTANCE} --privileged ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} -v ${PWD}:/go/src/${PROJECT} --rm ${ENTRYPOINT} make binaries
 
 test: libpodimage
-	docker run -e STORAGE_OPTIONS="--storage-driver=vfs" -e TESTFLAGS -e TRAVIS -t --privileged --rm -v ${CURDIR}:/go/src/${PROJECT} ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} ${ENTRYPOINT} make clean all localunit localintegration
+	docker run -e STORAGE_OPTIONS="--storage-driver=vfs" -e TESTFLAGS -e CGROUP_MANAGER=cgroupfs -e TRAVIS -t --privileged --rm -v ${CURDIR}:/go/src/${PROJECT} ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} ${ENTRYPOINT} make clean all localunit localintegration
 
 integration: libpodimage
-	docker run -e STORAGE_OPTIONS="--storage-driver=vfs" -e TESTFLAGS -e TRAVIS -t --privileged --rm -v ${CURDIR}:/go/src/${PROJECT} ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} ${ENTRYPOINT} make clean all localintegration
+	docker run -e STORAGE_OPTIONS="--storage-driver=vfs" -e TESTFLAGS -e CGROUP_MANAGER=cgroupfs -e TRAVIS -t --privileged --rm -v ${CURDIR}:/go/src/${PROJECT} ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} ${ENTRYPOINT} make clean all localintegration
 
 integration.fedora:
 	DIST=Fedora sh .papr_prepare.sh
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ integration.centos:
 	DIST=CentOS sh .papr_prepare.sh
 
 shell: libpodimage
-	docker run --tmpfs -e STORAGE_OPTIONS="--storage-driver=vfs" -e TESTFLAGS -e TRAVIS -it --privileged --rm -v ${CURDIR}:/go/src/${PROJECT} ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} ${ENTRYPOINT} sh
+	docker run --tmpfs -e STORAGE_OPTIONS="--storage-driver=vfs" -e CGROUP_MANAGER=cgroupfs -e TESTFLAGS -e TRAVIS -it --privileged --rm -v ${CURDIR}:/go/src/${PROJECT} ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} ${ENTRYPOINT} sh
 
 testunit: libpodimage
-	docker run -e STORAGE_OPTIONS="--storage-driver=vfs" -e TESTFLAGS -e TRAVIS -t --privileged --rm -v ${CURDIR}:/go/src/${PROJECT} ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} ${ENTRYPOINT} make localunit
+	docker run -e STORAGE_OPTIONS="--storage-driver=vfs" -e TESTFLAGS -e CGROUP_MANAGER=cgroupfs -e TRAVIS -t --privileged --rm -v ${CURDIR}:/go/src/${PROJECT} ${LIBPOD_IMAGE} ${ENTRYPOINT} make localunit
 
 localunit: varlink_generate
 	$(GO) test -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" -cover $(PACKAGES)
diff --git a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
index 9f81c96dfa..7854f8a470 100644
--- a/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/libpod_suite_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 	CNI_CONFIG_DIR     string
 	RUNC_BINARY        string
 	INTEGRATION_ROOT   string
-	CGROUP_MANAGER     = "cgroupfs"
+	CGROUP_MANAGER     = "systemd"
 	STORAGE_OPTIONS    = "--storage-driver vfs"
 	ARTIFACT_DIR       = "/tmp/.artifacts"
 	CACHE_IMAGES       = []string{ALPINE, BB, fedoraMinimal, nginx, redis, registry}
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ func PodmanCreate(tempDir string) PodmanTest {
 	if os.Getenv("STORAGE_OPTIONS") != "" {
 		storageOptions = os.Getenv("STORAGE_OPTIONS")
 	}
+	cgroupManager := CGROUP_MANAGER
+	if os.Getenv("CGROUP_MANAGER") != "" {
+		storageOptions = os.Getenv("CGROUP_MANAGER")
+	}
 
 	runCBinary := "/usr/bin/runc"
 	CNIConfigDir := "/etc/cni/net.d"