diff --git a/test/integration/addons_test.go b/test/integration/addons_test.go
index 369ca992710a..a4738a80db74 100644
--- a/test/integration/addons_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/addons_test.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func TestAddons(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	type validateFunc func(context.Context, *testing.T, string)
 	// Parallelized tests
 	t.Run("parallel", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tests := []struct {
@@ -711,3 +712,58 @@ func validateGCPAuthAddon(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 		t.Errorf("failed disabling gcp-auth addon. arg %q.s %v", rr.Command(), err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAddonsPersistAfterRestart(t *testing.T) {
+	profile := UniqueProfileName("addons")
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), Minutes(10))
+	defer Cleanup(t, profile, cancel)
+
+	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "-p", profile, "start"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to start minikube. arg %q.s %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "-p", profile, "addons", "enable", "dashboard", "--images=Dashboard=k8s.gcr.io/echoserver:1.4", "--stderrthreshold=1"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to enable dashboard addon. arg %q.s %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "-p", profile, "stop"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to stop minikube. arg %q.s %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "-p", profile, "start"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to start minikube. arg %q.s %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+	output := rr.Stdout.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(output, "echoserver") {
+		t.Fatalf("echoserver image not loaded on start. minikube start output: %s", output)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAddonsPersistPriorToStart(t *testing.T) {
+	profile := UniqueProfileName("addons")
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), Minutes(10))
+	defer Cleanup(t, profile, cancel)
+
+	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "-p", profile, "start", "--download-only"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create minikube profile. arg %q.s %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "-p", profile, "addons", "enable", "dashboard", "--images=Dashboard=k8s.gcr.io/echoserver:1.4"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to enable dashboard addon. arg %q.s %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+
+	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), "-p", profile, "start"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to start minikube. arg %q.s %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+	output := rr.Stdout.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(output, "echoserver") {
+		t.Fatalf("echoserver image not loaded on start. minikube start output: %s", output)
+	}
+}