diff --git a/test/rekt/features/jobsink/jobsink.go b/test/rekt/features/jobsink/jobsink.go
index 4ad54779160..141a3f5a1e9 100644
--- a/test/rekt/features/jobsink/jobsink.go
+++ b/test/rekt/features/jobsink/jobsink.go
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ func Success(jobSinkName string) *feature.Feature {
 			Scheme: "http",
 			Host:   network.GetServiceHostname(sink, environment.FromContext(ctx).Namespace()),
 		}
-		jobsink.Install(jobSink, jobsink.WithForwarderJob(sinkURL.String()))(ctx, t)
+		var opts []func(*batchv1.Job)
+		if ic := environment.GetIstioConfig(ctx); ic.Enabled {
+			opts = append(opts, jobsink.WithIstioConfig())
+		}
+		jobsink.Install(jobSink, jobsink.WithForwarderJob(sinkURL.String(), opts...))(ctx, t)
 	})
 
 	f.Setup("jobsink is addressable", jobsink.IsAddressable(jobSink))
diff --git a/test/rekt/resources/jobsink/jobsink.go b/test/rekt/resources/jobsink/jobsink.go
index 42804ebeb91..c5efde044c8 100644
--- a/test/rekt/resources/jobsink/jobsink.go
+++ b/test/rekt/resources/jobsink/jobsink.go
@@ -106,6 +106,22 @@ func WithJob(job batchv1.Job) manifest.CfgFn {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithIstioConfig() func(*batchv1.Job) {
+	return func(job *batchv1.Job) {
+		if job.Spec.Template.Labels == nil {
+			job.Spec.Template.Labels = make(map[string]string)
+		}
+		job.Spec.Template.Labels["sidecar.istio.io/inject"] = "true"
+
+		if job.Spec.Template.Annotations == nil {
+			job.Spec.Template.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+		}
+		job.Spec.Template.Annotations["sidecar.istio.io/rewriteAppHTTPProbers"] = "true"
+		job.Spec.Template.Annotations["proxy.istio.io/config"] = `{ "holdApplicationUntilProxyStarts": true }`
+		job.Spec.Template.Annotations["sidecar.istio.io/inject"] = "true" // For backwards compatibility.
+	}
+}
+
 func WithForwarderJob(sink string, options ...func(*batchv1.Job)) manifest.CfgFn {
 	return func(cfg map[string]interface{}) {
 		j := batchv1.Job{