diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/README.md b/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/README.md
index f62be8fd..9857ec44 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/README.md
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/README.md
@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@ Make sure you have python installed on you local
 pip install -r .buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/requirements.txt
 ```
 
-### Run
+### Run on local
 Run the following command from the repo dir:
 ```bash
-python3 .buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/main.py
+python3 .buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/main.py --skip-setup=true --integrations='apache','nginx'
 ```
 
+This will run entire ELK docker containers.
+Remove `--skip-setup` or use `--skip-setup=true` if you are running the script for the first time, where it needs to set up elastic-package and integrations. 
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 - The project retries on some operations to overcome timeout issues, uses [`retry` tool](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/retry). If you get `retry` undefined error, make sure to install it.
 ```
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/bootstrap.py b/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/bootstrap.py
index 13d39f81..2a369b9c 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/bootstrap.py
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/bootstrap.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 YAML = ruamel.yaml.YAML()
 
+
 class Bootstrap:
     ELASTIC_PACKAGE_DISTRO_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/elastic-package/releases/latest"
     LOGSTASH_CONTAINER_NAME = "elastic-package-stack-e2e-logstash-1"
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ def __scan_for_unsupported_processors(self) -> None:
         curr_dir = os.getcwd()
         pipeline_definition_file_path = "integrations/packages/**/data_stream/**/elasticsearch/ingest_pipeline/*.yml"
         files = glob.glob(os.path.join(curr_dir, pipeline_definition_file_path))
-        unsupported_processors: dict[list] = {}   # {processor_type: list<file>}
+        unsupported_processors: dict[list] = {}  # {processor_type: list<file>}
 
         for file in files:
             try:
@@ -185,15 +186,16 @@ def __teardown_stack(self) -> None:
         util.run_or_raise_error(["elastic-package", "stack", "down"],
                                 "Error occurred while stopping stacks with elastic-package. Check logs for details.")
 
-    def run_elastic_stack(self) -> None:
+    def run_elastic_stack(self, skip_setup=False) -> None:
         """
         Downloads elastic-package, creates a profile and runs ELK, Fleet, ERP and elastic-agent
         """
-        self.__download_elastic_package()
-        self.__make_elastic_package_global()
-        self.__clone_integrations_repo()
-        self.__scan_for_unsupported_processors()
-        self.__setup_elastic_package_profile()
+        if not skip_setup:
+            self.__download_elastic_package()
+            self.__make_elastic_package_global()
+            self.__clone_integrations_repo()
+            self.__scan_for_unsupported_processors()
+            self.__setup_elastic_package_profile()
         self.__spin_stack()
         self.__install_plugin()
         self.__reload_container()
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/main.py b/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/main.py
index de6d5ca6..cd6321c4 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/main.py
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/e2e-pipeline/main.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  Main entry point of the E2E test suites
 """
 
+import argparse
 import os
 from bootstrap import Bootstrap
 from plugin_test import PluginTest
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@
 
 
 class BootstrapContextManager:
+    def __init__(self, skip_setup=False):
+        # save args as attributes
+        self.skip_setup = skip_setup
+
     def __enter__(self):
         stack_version = os.environ.get("ELASTIC_STACK_VERSION")
         project_type = os.environ.get("E2E_PROJECT_TYPE", "on_prems")
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ def __enter__(self):
 
         print(f"Starting E2E test of Logstash running Elastic Integrations against {stack_version} version.")
         self.bootstrap = Bootstrap(stack_version, project_type)
-        self.bootstrap.run_elastic_stack()
+        self.bootstrap.run_elastic_stack(self.skip_setup)
         return self.bootstrap
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
@@ -30,13 +35,14 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
             self.bootstrap.stop_elastic_stack()
 
 
-def main():
+def main(skip_setup=False, integrations=[]):
     failed_packages = []
 
-    with BootstrapContextManager() as bootstrap:
+    with BootstrapContextManager(skip_setup) as bootstrap:
         working_dir = os.getcwd()
         test_plugin = PluginTest()
-        for package in INTEGRATION_PACKAGES_TO_TEST:
+        packages = integrations or INTEGRATION_PACKAGES_TO_TEST
+        for package in packages:
             try:
                 os.chdir(f"{working_dir}/integrations/packages/{package}")
                 test_plugin.on(package)
@@ -57,4 +63,13 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--skip-setup, 'action='store_false')
+    parser.add_argument('--integrations')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    skip_setup = args.skip_setup
+    integrations = args.integrations.split(',') if args.integrations else []
+
+    print(f"Running with --skip-setup:{skip_setup}, --integrations:{integrations}")
+    main(skip_setup, integrations)