diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main__cnf-network-phase2-4.20.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main__cnf-network-phase2-4.20.yaml
index 46b018664cac1..a12c37f97e4cb 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main__cnf-network-phase2-4.20.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main__cnf-network-phase2-4.20.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tests:
 - as: cnf-network-functional-tests
   capabilities:
   - intranet
-  cron: 0 23 31 2 *
+  cron: 0 22 31 2 *
   restrict_network_access: false
   steps:
     env:
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ tests:
     - ref: telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-gather-artifacts-from-bastion
     test:
     - ref: telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-eco-gotests
+    - ref: telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests
 zz_generated_metadata:
   branch: main
   org: openshift-kni
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main__cnf-network-phase2-4.22.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main__cnf-network-phase2-4.22.yaml
index e855b2d7e27fe..10248d1218f47 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main__cnf-network-phase2-4.22.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main__cnf-network-phase2-4.22.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ tests:
     - ref: telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-gather-artifacts-from-bastion
     test:
     - ref: telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-eco-gotests
+    - ref: telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests
 zz_generated_metadata:
   branch: main
   org: openshift-kni
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main-periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main-periodics.yaml
index 66121a776c486..68ade2645342b 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main-periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift-kni/eco-ci-cd/openshift-kni-eco-ci-cd-main-periodics.yaml
@@ -5815,7 +5815,7 @@ periodics:
         secretName: result-aggregator
 - agent: kubernetes
   cluster: build07
-  cron: 0 23 31 2 *
+  cron: 0 22 31 2 *
   decorate: true
   decoration_config:
     skip_cloning: true
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/OWNERS b/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..89fa480d16307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+approvers:
+- natifridman
+- shaior
+- kononovn
+- eifrach
+- timurmp
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-commands.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5041d391674bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-commands.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+PROJECT_DIR="/tmp"
+
+echo "Checking if the job should be skipped..."
+if [ -f "${SHARED_DIR}/skip.txt" ]; then
+  echo "Detected skip.txt file — skipping the job"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Set CLUSTER_NAME env var"
+if [[ -f "${SHARED_DIR}/cluster_name" ]]; then
+    CLUSTER_NAME=$(cat "${SHARED_DIR}/cluster_name")
+fi
+export CLUSTER_NAME=${CLUSTER_NAME}
+echo "CLUSTER_NAME=${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+
+echo "Set bastion SSH configuration"
+cat /var/group_variables/common/all/ansible_ssh_private_key > "${PROJECT_DIR}/temp_ssh_key"
+chmod 600 "${PROJECT_DIR}/temp_ssh_key"
+BASTION_IP=$(cat /var/host_variables/"${CLUSTER_NAME}"/bastion/ansible_host)
+BASTION_USER=$(cat /var/group_variables/common/all/ansible_user)
+
+echo "Run MetalLB deploy playbook"
+cd /eco-ci-cd
+ansible-playbook ./playbooks/cnf/deploy-run-metallb-tests-script.yaml \
+    -i ./inventories/cnf/run-tests.yaml \
+    --extra-vars "kubeconfig=/home/telcov10n/project/generated/${CLUSTER_NAME}/auth/kubeconfig \
+    metallb_repo=${METALLB_REPO} \
+    frr_image=${FRR_IMAGE} \
+    ipv4_service_range=${IPV4_SERVICE_RANGE} \
+    ipv6_service_range=${IPV6_SERVICE_RANGE}"
+
+echo "Run MetalLB e2e tests via SSH"
+ssh -o ServerAliveInterval=60 -o ServerAliveCountMax=3 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+    "${BASTION_USER}@${BASTION_IP}" -i "${PROJECT_DIR}/temp_ssh_key" \
+    "sudo /tmp/metallb/metallb-tests-run.sh || true"
+
+echo "Gather JUnit report from bastion"
+mkdir -p "${ARTIFACT_DIR}/junit_metallb"
+scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null \
+    -i "${PROJECT_DIR}/temp_ssh_key" \
+    "${BASTION_USER}@${BASTION_IP}":/tmp/metallbreport/junit-report.xml \
+    "${ARTIFACT_DIR}/junit_metallb/junit-report.xml"
+
+rm -f "${PROJECT_DIR}/temp_ssh_key"
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-ref.metadata.json b/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-ref.metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..04dd1b201c564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-ref.metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+	"path": "telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-ref.yaml",
+	"owners": {
+		"approvers": [
+			"natifridman",
+			"shaior",
+			"kononovn",
+			"eifrach",
+			"timurmp"
+		]
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-ref.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..22b8d8aa6f2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/telcov10n/functional/cnf-network/metallb-e2etests/telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-ref.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+ref:
+  as: telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests
+  from: src
+  commands: telcov10n-functional-cnf-network-metallb-e2etests-commands.sh
+  grace_period: 10s
+  timeout: 4h0m0s
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: 100m
+      memory: 200Mi
+  env:
+  - name: CLUSTER_NAME
+    default: ""
+    documentation: BM Cluster name
+  - name: METALLB_REPO
+    default: https://github.com/openshift/metallb.git
+    documentation: MetalLB git repository URL
+  - name: FRR_IMAGE
+    default: quay.io/frrouting/frr:8.5.3
+    documentation: FRR container image used by the MetalLB ginkgo test suite
+  - name: IPV4_SERVICE_RANGE
+    default: 192.168.10.0/24
+    documentation: IPv4 address range for MetalLB service allocation during tests
+  - name: IPV6_SERVICE_RANGE
+    default: fc00:f853:0ccd:e799::/124
+    documentation: IPv6 address range for MetalLB service allocation during tests