diff --git a/src/proto/grpc/testing/echo_messages.proto b/src/proto/grpc/testing/echo_messages.proto
index c5c5fdb3fc4..5396a2fd39a 100644
--- a/src/proto/grpc/testing/echo_messages.proto
+++ b/src/proto/grpc/testing/echo_messages.proto
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ message RequestParams {
   bool server_die = 12; // Server should not see a request with this set.
   string binary_error_details = 13;
   ErrorStatus expected_error = 14;
+  int32 server_sleep_us = 15; // Amount to sleep when invoking server
 }
 
 message EchoRequest {
diff --git a/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc b/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
index 810ee303f2c..c5178526f8f 100644
--- a/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
@@ -1280,6 +1280,8 @@ TEST_P(ProxyEnd2endTest, RpcDeadlineExpires) {
   EchoResponse response;
   request.set_message("Hello");
   request.mutable_param()->set_skip_cancelled_check(true);
+  // Let server sleep for 2 ms first to guarantee expiry
+  request.mutable_param()->set_server_sleep_us(2 * 1000);
 
   ClientContext context;
   std::chrono::system_clock::time_point deadline =
@@ -1407,6 +1409,10 @@ TEST_P(ProxyEnd2endTest, HugeResponse) {
 }
 
 TEST_P(ProxyEnd2endTest, Peer) {
+  // Peer is not meaningful for inproc
+  if (GetParam().inproc) {
+    return;
+  }
   ResetStub();
   EchoRequest request;
   EchoResponse response;
@@ -1775,11 +1781,10 @@ std::vector<TestScenario> CreateTestScenarios(bool use_proxy,
     credentials_types.push_back(kInsecureCredentialsType);
   }
   GPR_ASSERT(!credentials_types.empty());
-  for (auto it = credentials_types.begin(); it != credentials_types.end();
-       ++it) {
-    scenarios.emplace_back(false, false, *it);
+  for (const auto& cred : credentials_types) {
+    scenarios.emplace_back(false, false, cred);
     if (use_proxy) {
-      scenarios.emplace_back(true, false, *it);
+      scenarios.emplace_back(true, false, cred);
     }
   }
   if (test_inproc && insec_ok()) {
@@ -1798,7 +1803,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(End2endServerTryCancel, End2endServerTryCancelTest,
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(ProxyEnd2end, ProxyEnd2endTest,
                         ::testing::ValuesIn(CreateTestScenarios(true, true,
-                                                                true, false)));
+                                                                true, true)));
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(SecureEnd2end, SecureEnd2endTest,
                         ::testing::ValuesIn(CreateTestScenarios(false, false,
diff --git a/test/cpp/end2end/test_service_impl.cc b/test/cpp/end2end/test_service_impl.cc
index 4fa98c24f57..e4f7c08f252 100644
--- a/test/cpp/end2end/test_service_impl.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/end2end/test_service_impl.cc
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ void CheckServerAuthContext(
 
 Status TestServiceImpl::Echo(ServerContext* context, const EchoRequest* request,
                              EchoResponse* response) {
+  // A bit of sleep to make sure that short deadline tests fail
+  if (request->has_param() && request->param().server_sleep_us() > 0) {
+    gpr_sleep_until(
+        gpr_time_add(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC),
+                     gpr_time_from_micros(request->param().server_sleep_us(),
+                                          GPR_TIMESPAN)));
+  }
+
   if (request->has_param() && request->param().server_die()) {
     gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "The request should not reach application handler.");
     GPR_ASSERT(0);