diff --git a/deploy/with-rbac.yaml b/deploy/with-rbac.yaml
index 537939499..57aac0b6a 100644
--- a/deploy/with-rbac.yaml
+++ b/deploy/with-rbac.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ spec:
         prometheus.io/scrape: 'true'
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: nginx-ingress-serviceaccount
+      initContainers:
+      - command:
+        - sh
+        - -c
+        - sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=32768; sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range="1024 65535"
+        image: alpine:3.6
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        name: sysctl
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
       containers:
         - name: nginx-ingress-controller
           image: quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-ingress-controller:0.10.0
diff --git a/deploy/without-rbac.yaml b/deploy/without-rbac.yaml
index a6741d768..4871359ad 100644
--- a/deploy/without-rbac.yaml
+++ b/deploy/without-rbac.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ spec:
         prometheus.io/port: '10254'
         prometheus.io/scrape: 'true' 
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - command:
+        - sh
+        - -c
+        - sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=32768; sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range="1024 65535"
+        image: alpine:3.6
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        name: sysctl
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
       containers:
         - name: nginx-ingress-controller
           image: quay.io/kubernetes-ingress-controller/nginx-ingress-controller:0.10.0
diff --git a/test/e2e/wait-for-nginx.sh b/test/e2e/wait-for-nginx.sh
index 19e4d5ebb..fc309c159 100755
--- a/test/e2e/wait-for-nginx.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/wait-for-nginx.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function waitForPod() {
 
 export -f waitForPod
 
-timeout 10s bash -c waitForPod
+timeout 30s bash -c waitForPod
 
 if kubectl get pods -n ingress-nginx -l app=ingress-nginx -o jsonpath="$JSONPATH" 2>&1 | grep -q "Ready=True";
 then