diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76e2482dc4e..b4318651890 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test-conformance:
 .PHONY: test-conformance
 
 test-reconciler:
-	echo "Disabled for now"
+	sh openshift/e2e-rekt-tests.sh
 .PHONY: test-reconciler
 
 # Requires ko 0.2.0 or newer.
diff --git a/openshift/patches/018-rekt-test-override-kopublish.patch b/openshift/patches/018-rekt-test-override-kopublish.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1dd36d9c7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openshift/patches/018-rekt-test-override-kopublish.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/images/ko.go b/vendor/knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/images/ko.go
+index adde2080f..ff57c9d6b 100644
+--- a/vendor/knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/images/ko.go
++++ b/vendor/knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/images/ko.go
+@@ -16,20 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
+ 
+ package images
+ 
+-import (
+-	"fmt"
+-	"os"
+-)
+-
+ // Use ko to publish the image.
+ func KoPublish(path string) (string, error) {
+-	platform := os.Getenv("PLATFORM")
+-	if len(platform) > 0 {
+-		platform = " --platform=" + platform
+-	}
+-	out, err := runCmd(fmt.Sprintf("ko publish%s -B %s", platform, path))
+-	if err != nil {
+-		return "", err
+-	}
+-	return out, nil
++	return "", nil
+ }