diff --git a/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-juju-vnfm-driver/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-juju-vnfm-driver/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1d1a5d7..7f7a6e8 100644
--- a/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-juju-vnfm-driver/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-juju-vnfm-driver/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
       labels:
         app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+      annotations:
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "{{.Values.istioSidecar}}"
     spec:
       initContainers:
 #Example init container for dependency checking