diff --git a/hack/ci-e2e-lib.sh b/hack/ci-e2e-lib.sh
index f0f93798fd..ab7be84c34 100644
--- a/hack/ci-e2e-lib.sh
+++ b/hack/ci-e2e-lib.sh
@@ -210,3 +210,47 @@ kind::prepullImage () {
     echo "+ image $image already present in the system, skipping pre-pull"
   fi
 }
+
+# junit::createJunitReportE2Esh creates a junit report file for the e2e.sh script.
+junit::createJunitReportE2Esh() {
+  failure="$1"
+  output_file="$2"
+  timestamp="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S)"
+
+  # Set variables to use for a successful run.
+  status="passed"
+  body="<system-out>hack/e2e.sh script succeeded</system-out>"
+
+  # Change variables to use for a failed run.
+  if [[ "$failure" != 0 ]]; then
+    status="failed"
+    body="$(junit::createJunitReportE2EshFailureBody "${3}")"
+  fi
+
+  # Write header
+  cat > "$output_file" << EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<testsuites name="e2e.sh Suite" tests="1" failures="${failure}" errors="0" skipped="0" time="0.1">
+    <testsuite name="Preparation" tests="1" failures="${failure}" errors="0" skipped="0" time="0.1" timestamp="${timestamp}">
+        <testcase name="hack_e2e_sh" classname="Preparation.hack_e2e_sh" status="${status}" time="0.1">
+${body}
+        </testcase>
+    </testsuite>
+</testsuites>
+EOF
+}
+
+junit::createJunitReportE2EshFailureBody() {
+  failure_data_file="${1}"
+  cat << EOF
+          <failure message="hack/e2e.sh script failed">
+              <![CDATA[
+EOF
+  # Erorr case, write the content of the failure data file to the output file.
+  # Note: the sed ensures that the content does not close the CDATA section.
+  sed 's/]]>/]]>]]&gt;<![CDATA[/g' "${failure_data_file}"
+  cat << EOF
+            ]]>
+          </failure>
+EOF
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/e2e.sh b/hack/e2e.sh
index d4fcc97343..afedc9dd4e 100755
--- a/hack/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ if [[ "${ARTIFACTS}" != "${REPO_ROOT}/_artifacts" ]]; then
   ARTIFACTS=$(mktemp -d)
 fi
 
+E2E_SH_LOG_FILE="e2e-sh-log.txt"
+
+# Redirect all output of this script additionally to a file in artifacts,
+# so we can create a junit file with its content in case of general CI failures.
+# This way the bash script's log can be analyzed using k8s-triage.
+exec &> >(stdbuf -oL tee "${ARTIFACTS}/${E2E_SH_LOG_FILE}")
+
 # shellcheck source=./hack/ensure-go.sh
 source "${REPO_ROOT}/hack/ensure-go.sh"
 
@@ -52,7 +59,9 @@ on_exit() {
     [[ -z ${HEART_BEAT_PID:-} ]] || kill -9 "${HEART_BEAT_PID}"
 
     # If Boskos is being used then release the vsphere project.
-    [ -z "${BOSKOS_HOST:-}" ] || docker run -e VSPHERE_USERNAME -e VSPHERE_PASSWORD gcr.io/k8s-staging-capi-vsphere/extra/boskosctl:latest release --boskos-host="${BOSKOS_HOST}" --resource-owner="${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_OWNER}" --resource-name="${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_NAME}" --vsphere-server="${VSPHERE_SERVER}" --vsphere-tls-thumbprint="${VSPHERE_TLS_THUMBPRINT}" --vsphere-folder="${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_FOLDER}" --vsphere-resource-pool="${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_POOL}"
+    if [[ "${BOSKOS_HOST:-}" != "" && "${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_NAME:-}" != "" ]]; then
+      docker run -e VSPHERE_USERNAME -e VSPHERE_PASSWORD gcr.io/k8s-staging-capi-vsphere/extra/boskosctl:latest release --boskos-host="${BOSKOS_HOST}" --resource-owner="${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_OWNER}" --resource-name="${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_NAME}" --vsphere-server="${VSPHERE_SERVER}" --vsphere-tls-thumbprint="${VSPHERE_TLS_THUMBPRINT}" --vsphere-folder="${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_FOLDER}" --vsphere-resource-pool="${BOSKOS_RESOURCE_POOL}"
+    fi
   fi
 
   # Cleanup VSPHERE_PASSWORD from temporary artifacts directory.
@@ -97,6 +106,17 @@ on_exit() {
     # Move all artifacts to the original artifacts location.
     mv "${ARTIFACTS}"/* "${ORIGINAL_ARTIFACTS}/"
   fi
+
+  # Create a junit file for running this script.
+  if [[ $(find "${ORIGINAL_ARTIFACTS}" -maxdepth 1 -name 'junit\.*\.xml' | wc -l) -gt 0 ]]; then
+    # There are junit files in artifacts so the script succeeded.
+    junit::createJunitReportE2Esh 0 "${ORIGINAL_ARTIFACTS}/junit.e2e-sh.xml"
+  else
+    # No junit files in artifacts so the script failed.
+    junit::createJunitReportE2Esh 1 "${ORIGINAL_ARTIFACTS}/junit.e2e-sh.xml" "${ORIGINAL_ARTIFACTS}/${E2E_SH_LOG_FILE}"
+  fi
+  # Always cleanup the additionally written log file used for the junit report, the same content will be in build-log.txt.
+  rm "${ORIGINAL_ARTIFACTS}/${E2E_SH_LOG_FILE}"
 }
 
 trap on_exit EXIT