diff --git a/test/k8sT/DatapathConfiguration.go b/test/k8sT/DatapathConfiguration.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/test/k8sT/DatapathConfiguration.go
+++ b/test/k8sT/DatapathConfiguration.go
@@ -254,11 +254,10 @@ var _ = Describe("K8sDatapathConfig", func() {
 			Expect(testPodConnectivityAcrossNodes(kubectl)).Should(BeTrue(), "Connectivity test between nodes failed")
 		})
 
-		It("Check vxlan connectivity with per endpoint routes", func() {
-			Skip("Encapsulation mode is not supported with per-endpoint routes")
-
+		It("Check vxlan connectivity with per-endpoint routes", func() {
 			deploymentManager.DeployCilium(map[string]string{
-				"global.autoDirectNodeRoutes": "true",
+				"global.tunnel":                 "vxlan",
+				"global.endpointRoutes.enabled": "true",
 			}, DeployCiliumOptionsAndDNS)
 			Expect(testPodConnectivityAcrossNodes(kubectl)).Should(BeTrue(), "Connectivity test between nodes failed")
test: Test for vxlan + per-endpoint routes

<I>a<I> ("datapath: Support enable-endpoint-routes with encapsulation")
enabled combining per-endpoint routes with vxlan encapsulation. This
commit adds a test for that setup.