diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 772d43f45f..12c68d4b28 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ pipeline {
                                   -e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT} \
                                   -e DOCKER_GRAPHDRIVER \
                                   -e TESTDEBUG \
+                                  -e TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER \
                                   -e TEST_SKIP_INTEGRATION_CLI \
                                   -e TIMEOUT \
                                   -e VALIDATE_REPO=${GIT_URL} \
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ pipeline {
                                   --name docker-pr$BUILD_NUMBER \
                                   -e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT} \
                                   -e DOCKER_GRAPHDRIVER \
+                                  -e TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER \
                                   -e TEST_SKIP_INTEGRATION \
                                   -e TIMEOUT \
                                   -e VALIDATE_REPO=${GIT_URL} \
@@ -322,6 +324,7 @@ pipeline {
                                   -e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT} \
                                   -e DOCKER_GRAPHDRIVER \
                                   -e TESTDEBUG \
+                                  -e TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER \
                                   -e TEST_SKIP_INTEGRATION_CLI \
                                   -e TIMEOUT \
                                   -e VALIDATE_REPO=${GIT_URL} \
@@ -415,6 +418,7 @@ pipeline {
                                   --name docker-pr$BUILD_NUMBER \
                                   -e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT} \
                                   -e DOCKER_GRAPHDRIVER \
+                                  -e TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER \
                                   -e TEST_SKIP_INTEGRATION \
                                   -e TIMEOUT \
                                   -e VALIDATE_REPO=${GIT_URL} \
@@ -524,6 +528,7 @@ pipeline {
                                   -e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT} \
                                   -e DOCKER_GRAPHDRIVER \
                                   -e TESTDEBUG \
+                                  -e TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER \
                                   -e TEST_SKIP_INTEGRATION_CLI \
                                   -e TIMEOUT \
                                   -e VALIDATE_REPO=${GIT_URL} \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cfe3c17e4b..994d2d9f46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ DOCKER_ENVS := \
 	-e GITHUB_ACTIONS \
 	-e TEST_FORCE_VALIDATE \
 	-e TEST_INTEGRATION_DIR \
+	-e TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER \
 	-e TEST_SKIP_INTEGRATION \
 	-e TEST_SKIP_INTEGRATION_CLI \
 	-e TESTCOVERAGE \
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 272ab6bc5c..67a413806e 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Features() *map[string]bool {
 
 // UsesSnapshotter returns true if feature flag to use containerd snapshotter is enabled
 func (daemon *Daemon) UsesSnapshotter() bool {
+	// TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER is used for integration tests only.
+	if os.Getenv("TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER") != "" {
+		return true
+	}
 	if daemon.configStore.Features != nil {
 		if b, ok := daemon.configStore.Features["containerd-snapshotter"]; ok {
 			return b
@@ -982,6 +986,11 @@ func NewDaemon(ctx context.Context, config *config.Config, pluginStore *plugin.S
 	}
 
 	if d.UsesSnapshotter() {
+		if os.Getenv("TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER") != "" {
+			logrus.Warn("Enabling containerd snapshotter through the $TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER environment variable. This should only be used for testing.")
+		}
+		logrus.Info("Starting daemon with containerd snapshotter integration enabled")
+
 		// FIXME(thaJeztah): implement automatic snapshotter-selection similar to graph-driver selection; see https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/44076
 		if driverName == "" {
 			driverName = containerd.DefaultSnapshotter
diff --git a/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers b/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
index bbfc4edb86..b1c31b0b90 100644
--- a/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
+++ b/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ test_env() {
 			PATH="$PATH" \
 			TEMP="$TEMP" \
 			TEST_CLIENT_BINARY="$TEST_CLIENT_BINARY" \
+			TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER="$TEST_INTEGRATION_USE_SNAPSHOTTER" \
 			"$@"
 	)
 }