diff --git a/hack/install-targetallocator-prometheus-crds.sh b/hack/install-targetallocator-prometheus-crds.sh
index a905925eb0..1e0ad04d8f 100755
--- a/hack/install-targetallocator-prometheus-crds.sh
+++ b/hack/install-targetallocator-prometheus-crds.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ if [[ "$(kubectl api-resources --api-group=monitoring.coreos.com -o name)" ]]; t
 else
     kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/main/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_servicemonitors.yaml
     kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/main/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_podmonitors.yaml
+    kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/main/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_scrapeconfigs.yaml
+    kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/main/example/prometheus-operator-crd/monitoring.coreos.com_probes.yaml
 fi
diff --git a/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/02-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/02-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5822cbf16d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/02-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-cr-v1beta1-collector
+status:
+  readyReplicas: 1
+  replicas: 1
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-cr-v1beta1-targetallocator
+status:
+  observedGeneration: 1
+  readyReplicas: 1
+  replicas: 1
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  targetallocator.yaml:
+    ( contains(@, join(':', ['service_monitor_selector', ' null'])) ): true
+    ( contains(@, join(':', ['pod_monitor_selector', ' null'])) ): true
+    ( contains(@, join(':', ['probe_selector', ' null'])) ): true
+    ( contains(@, join(':', ['scrape_config_selector', ' null'])) ): false
+    ( contains(@, join(':', ['matchlabels', ' {}}'])) ): false
+    ( contains(@, join(':', ['matchexpressions', ' {}}'])) ): false
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-cr-v1beta1-targetallocator
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  collector.yaml: |
+    exporters:
+      prometheus:
+        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:9090
+    receivers:
+      prometheus:
+        config: {}
+        target_allocator:
+          collector_id: ${POD_NAME}
+          endpoint: http://prometheus-cr-v1beta1-targetallocator:80
+          interval: 30s
+    service:
+      pipelines:
+        metrics:
+          exporters:
+            - prometheus
+          receivers:
+            - prometheus
+      telemetry:
+        metrics:
+          address: 0.0.0.0:8888
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-cr-v1beta1-collector-19c94a81
diff --git a/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/02-install.yaml b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/02-install.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a17b2682e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/02-install.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+apiVersion: opentelemetry.io/v1beta1
+kind: OpenTelemetryCollector
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-cr-v1beta1
+spec:
+  config:
+    receivers:
+      prometheus:
+        config:
+          scrape_configs: []
+
+    processors:
+
+    exporters:
+      prometheus:
+        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:9090
+    service:
+      pipelines:
+        metrics:
+          receivers: [prometheus]
+          exporters: [prometheus]
+  mode: statefulset
+  serviceAccount: collector
+  targetAllocator:
+    enabled: true
+    prometheusCR:
+      enabled: true
+      scrapeInterval: 1s
+      scrapeConfigSelector: {}
+    serviceAccount: ta
+---
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1alpha1
+kind: ScrapeConfig
+metadata:
+  name: scrape-config-cr
+spec:
+  kubernetesSDConfigs:
+    - role: Node
diff --git a/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/chainsaw-test.yaml b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/chainsaw-test.yaml
index c361477488..28f94d2e33 100755
--- a/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/chainsaw-test.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e-targetallocator/targetallocator-prometheuscr/chainsaw-test.yaml
@@ -22,3 +22,9 @@ spec:
         file: 01-install.yaml
     - assert:
         file: 01-assert.yaml
+  - name: step-02
+    try:
+      - apply:
+          file: 02-install.yaml
+      - assert:
+          file: 02-assert.yaml