diff --git a/test/fixtures/expect.go b/test/fixtures/expect.go
index afa30447d9..996d762bd6 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/expect.go
+++ b/test/fixtures/expect.go
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ func (t *Expect) DaemonPodLogContains(pipelineName, regex string, opts ...PodLog
 	return t
 }
 
+func (t *Expect) MvtxDaemonPodsRunning() *Expect {
+	t.t.Helper()
+	timeout := 2 * time.Minute
+	if err := WaitForMvtxDaemonPodsRunning(t.kubeClient, Namespace, t.monoVertex.Name, timeout); err != nil {
+		t.t.Fatalf("Expected mvtx daemon pods of %q running: %v", t.monoVertex.Name, err)
+	}
+	return t
+}
+
 func (t *Expect) When() *When {
 	return &When{
 		t:                t.t,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/util.go b/test/fixtures/util.go
index 13a4026384..d2f27dc5f7 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/util.go
+++ b/test/fixtures/util.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func WaitForMonoVertexPodRunning(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, monoVertexClie
 		}
 		ok := len(podList.Items) > 0 && len(podList.Items) == monoVertex.CalculateReplicas() // pod number should equal to desired replicas
 		for _, p := range podList.Items {
-			ok = ok && p.Status.Phase == corev1.PodRunning
+			ok = ok && isPodReady(p)
 		}
 		if ok {
 			return nil
@@ -378,6 +378,26 @@ func WaitForDaemonPodsRunning(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, namespace, pipeli
 	}
 }
 
+func WaitForMvtxDaemonPodsRunning(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, namespace, mvtx string, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	labelSelector := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s,%s=%s", dfv1.KeyMonoVertexName, mvtx, dfv1.KeyComponent, dfv1.ComponentMonoVertexDaemon)
+	for {
+		podList, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: labelSelector, FieldSelector: "status.phase=Running"})
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error getting mvtx daemon pod name: %w", err)
+		}
+		ok := len(podList.Items) > 0
+		for _, p := range podList.Items {
+			ok = ok && p.Status.Phase == corev1.PodRunning
+		}
+		if ok {
+			return nil
+		}
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+	}
+}
+
 func VertexPodLogNotContains(ctx context.Context, kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, namespace, pipelineName, vertexName, regex string, opts ...PodLogCheckOption) (bool, error) {
 	labelSelector := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s,%s=%s", dfv1.KeyPipelineName, pipelineName, dfv1.KeyVertexName, vertexName)
 	podList, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: labelSelector, FieldSelector: "status.phase=Running"})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/when.go b/test/fixtures/when.go
index 986085bdd6..154c7cfda0 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/when.go
+++ b/test/fixtures/when.go
@@ -243,6 +243,50 @@ func (w *When) DaemonPodPortForward(pipelineName string, localPort, remotePort i
 	return w
 }
 
+func (w *When) MonoVertexPodPortForward(localPort, remotePort int) *When {
+	w.t.Helper()
+	labelSelector := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s,%s=%s", dfv1.KeyComponent, dfv1.ComponentMonoVertex, dfv1.KeyMonoVertexName, w.monoVertex.Name)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	podList, err := w.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(Namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: labelSelector, FieldSelector: "status.phase=Running"})
+	if err != nil {
+		w.t.Fatalf("Error getting mvtx pod name: %v", err)
+	}
+	podName := podList.Items[0].GetName()
+	w.t.Logf("MonoVertex POD name: %s", podName)
+
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	if err = PodPortForward(w.restConfig, Namespace, podName, localPort, remotePort, stopCh); err != nil {
+		w.t.Fatalf("Expected mvtx pod port-forward: %v", err)
+	}
+	if w.portForwarderStopChannels == nil {
+		w.portForwarderStopChannels = make(map[string]chan struct{})
+	}
+	w.portForwarderStopChannels[podName] = stopCh
+	return w
+}
+
+func (w *When) MvtxDaemonPodPortForward(localPort, remotePort int) *When {
+	w.t.Helper()
+	labelSelector := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s,%s=%s", dfv1.KeyComponent, dfv1.ComponentMonoVertexDaemon, dfv1.KeyMonoVertexName, w.monoVertex.Name)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	podList, err := w.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(Namespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: labelSelector, FieldSelector: "status.phase=Running"})
+	if err != nil {
+		w.t.Fatalf("Error getting mvtx daemon pod name: %v", err)
+	}
+	podName := podList.Items[0].GetName()
+	w.t.Logf("MonoVertex Daemon POD name: %s", podName)
+
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	if err = PodPortForward(w.restConfig, Namespace, podName, localPort, remotePort, stopCh); err != nil {
+		w.t.Fatalf("Expected mvtx daemon pod port-forward: %v", err)
+	}
+	if w.portForwarderStopChannels == nil {
+		w.portForwarderStopChannels = make(map[string]chan struct{})
+	}
+	w.portForwarderStopChannels[podName] = stopCh
+	return w
+}
+
 func (w *When) UXServerPodPortForward(localPort, remotePort int) *When {
 	w.t.Helper()
 	labelSelector := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", dfv1.KeyComponent, dfv1.ComponentUXServer)
diff --git a/test/monovertex-e2e/monovertex_test.go b/test/monovertex-e2e/monovertex_test.go
index 3fd72d6554..ba0c640527 100644
--- a/test/monovertex-e2e/monovertex_test.go
+++ b/test/monovertex-e2e/monovertex_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 
+	dfv1 "github.com/numaproj/numaflow/pkg/apis/numaflow/v1alpha1"
 	. "github.com/numaproj/numaflow/test/fixtures"
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +36,20 @@ func (s *MonoVertexSuite) TestMonoVertexWithTransformer() {
 		When().CreateMonoVertexAndWait()
 	defer w.DeleteMonoVertexAndWait()
 
-	w.Expect().MonoVertexPodsRunning()
+	w.Expect().MonoVertexPodsRunning().MvtxDaemonPodsRunning()
+
+	defer w.MonoVertexPodPortForward(8931, dfv1.MonoVertexMetricsPort).
+		MvtxDaemonPodPortForward(3232, dfv1.MonoVertexDaemonServicePort).
+		TerminateAllPodPortForwards()
+
+	// Check metrics endpoints
+	HTTPExpect(s.T(), "https://localhost:8931").GET("/metrics").
+		Expect().
+		Status(200)
+
+	HTTPExpect(s.T(), "https://localhost:3232").GET("/metrics").
+		Expect().
+		Status(200)
 
 	// Expect the messages to be processed by the transformer.
 	w.Expect().MonoVertexPodLogContains("AssignEventTime", PodLogCheckOptionWithContainer("transformer"))