diff --git a/kubernetes/msb/charts/kube2msb/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/msb/charts/kube2msb/templates/deployment.yaml
index 4313871..c9911eb 100644
--- a/kubernetes/msb/charts/kube2msb/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/msb/charts/kube2msb/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
       labels:
         app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+      annotations:
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "{{.Values.istioSidecar}}"
     spec:
       initContainers:
       - command:
diff --git a/kubernetes/msb/charts/kube2msb/values.yaml b/kubernetes/msb/charts/kube2msb/values.yaml
index d4ec088..9ef85e5 100644
--- a/kubernetes/msb/charts/kube2msb/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/msb/charts/kube2msb/values.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 repository: nexus3.onap.org:10001
 image: onap/oom/kube2msb:1.1.0
 pullPolicy: Always
-istioSidecar: false
+istioSidecar: true
 
 # application configuration
 config:
diff --git a/kubernetes/msb/charts/msb-consul/values.yaml b/kubernetes/msb/charts/msb-consul/values.yaml
index 80b86bf..b87cf85 100644
--- a/kubernetes/msb/charts/msb-consul/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/msb/charts/msb-consul/values.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 dockerHubRepository: registry.hub.docker.com
 image: library/consul:0.9.3
 pullPolicy: Always
-istioSidecar: false 
+istioSidecar: true
 
 # application configuration
 config: {}