diff --git a/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-nokia-vnfm-driver/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-nokia-vnfm-driver/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9c4437e..cab3230 100644
--- a/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-nokia-vnfm-driver/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-nokia-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
diff --git a/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-nokia-vnfm-driver/values.yaml b/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-nokia-vnfm-driver/values.yaml
index f61965f..d317075 100644
--- a/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-nokia-vnfm-driver/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/vfc/charts/vfc-nokia-vnfm-driver/values.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 image: onap/vfc/nfvo/svnfm/nokia:1.1.0
 pullPolicy: Always
 
+#Istio sidecar injection policy
+istioSidecar: true
+
 # flag to enable debugging - application support required
 debugEnabled: false