diff --git a/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/unit-deploy.yml b/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/unit-deploy.yml
index 91d2be023c2d924a6237ca7985a29b9ec28834fb..66fc54e9748451314a037a476f9368c7d7bce1e7 100644
--- a/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/unit-deploy.yml
+++ b/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/unit-deploy.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ spec:
         app: {{ .Values.conf.appName | quote }}
       annotations:
         rollme: {{ randAlphaNum 5 | quote }}
+        sidecar.istio.io/proxyCPU: {{ .Values.istio.proxyCPU | quote }}
+        sidecar.istio.io/proxyMemory: {{ .Values.istio.proxyMemory | quote }}
+        sidecar.istio.io/proxyCPULimit: {{ .Values.istio.proxyCPULimit | quote }}
+        sidecar.istio.io/proxyMemoryLimit: {{ .Values.istio.proxyMemoryLimit | quote }}
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: {{ .Values.conf.appName | quote }}
diff --git a/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml b/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml
index 95c8a4be56815c5af9efdc0364cf1f6128bcc517..90c423d1ee56fc4c97d224bdda9505d65344aee7 100644
--- a/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ conf:
   configmap: "unit-config"
   onPremEnabled: false
   domain: ""
+
+istio:
+  proxyCPU: "50m"
+  proxyCPULimit: "500m"
+  proxyMemory: "64Mi"
+  proxyMemoryLimit: "512Mi"