diff --git a/e2e/e2eutil/allocs.go b/e2e/e2eutil/allocs.go
index 625732f44..5627d2a1a 100644
--- a/e2e/e2eutil/allocs.go
+++ b/e2e/e2eutil/allocs.go
@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ func AllocLogs(allocID string, logStream LogStream) (string, error) {
 	return Command(cmd[0], cmd[1:]...)
 }
 
+func AllocTaskLogs(allocID, task string, logStream LogStream) (string, error) {
+	cmd := []string{"nomad", "alloc", "logs"}
+	if logStream == LogsStdErr {
+		cmd = append(cmd, "-stderr")
+	}
+	cmd = append(cmd, allocID, task)
+	return Command(cmd[0], cmd[1:]...)
+}
+
 // AllocExec is a convenience wrapper that runs 'nomad alloc exec' with the
 // passed execCmd via '/bin/sh -c', retrying if the task isn't ready
 func AllocExec(allocID, taskID, execCmd, ns string, wc *WaitConfig) (string, error) {
diff --git a/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go b/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
index 6cf10d574..1d59a95a1 100644
--- a/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
+++ b/e2e/e2eutil/utils.go
@@ -140,6 +140,24 @@ func WaitForAllocRunning(t *testing.T, nomadClient *api.Client, allocID string)
 	})
 }
 
+func WaitForAllocTaskRunning(t *testing.T, nomadClient *api.Client, allocID, task string) {
+	testutil.WaitForResultRetries(retries, func() (bool, error) {
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
+		alloc, _, err := nomadClient.Allocations().Info(allocID, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		state := "n/a"
+		if task := alloc.TaskStates[task]; task != nil {
+			state = task.State
+		}
+		return state == structs.AllocClientStatusRunning, fmt.Errorf("expected status running, but was: %s", state)
+	}, func(err error) {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to wait on alloc: %v", err)
+	})
+}
+
 func WaitForAllocsRunning(t *testing.T, nomadClient *api.Client, allocIDs []string) {
 	for _, allocID := range allocIDs {
 		WaitForAllocRunning(t, nomadClient, allocID)