diff --git a/charts/podinfo/templates/canary.yaml b/charts/podinfo/templates/canary.yaml
index 08107f7f..c1176a17 100644
--- a/charts/podinfo/templates/canary.yaml
+++ b/charts/podinfo/templates/canary.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ spec:
     hosts:
     - {{ .Values.canary.istioIngress.host }}
     {{- end }}
+    trafficPolicy:
+      tls:
+        mode: {{ .Values.canary.istioTLS }}
   canaryAnalysis:
     interval: {{ .Values.canary.analysis.interval }}
     threshold: {{ .Values.canary.analysis.threshold }}
diff --git a/charts/podinfo/values.yaml b/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
index b1af8b6f..deff5c3d 100644
--- a/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/podinfo/values.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ hpa:
 
 canary:
   enabled: true
+  # Istio traffic policy tls can be DISABLE or ISTIO_MUTUAL
+  istioTLS: DISABLE
   istioIngress:
     enabled: false
     # Istio ingress gateway name