diff --git a/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl b/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 454428a9324d0a0893305ec13cc4c656bfe8ffeb..ea9b587123d8a944f43bf420960ce25178944126 100644
--- a/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/chart/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -145,3 +145,15 @@ bigbang.addValueIfSet can be used to nil check parameters before adding them to
     {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end -}}
+{{/*
+Annotation for Istio version
+*/}}
+{{- define "istioAnnotation" -}}
+  {{- if .Values.istio.git.semver -}}
+    bigbang.dev/istioVersion: {{ .Values.istio.git.semver | trimSuffix (regexFind "-bb.*" .Values.istio.git.semver) }}
+  {{- else if .Values.istio.git.tag -}}
+    bigbang.dev/istioVersion: {{ .Values.istio.git.tag | trimSuffix (regexFind "-bb.*" .Values.istio.git.tag) }}
+  {{- else if .Values.istio.git.branch -}}
+    bigbang.dev/istioVersion: {{ .Values.istio.git.branch }}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/chart/templates/logging/eck-operator/values.yaml b/chart/templates/logging/eck-operator/values.yaml
index b96d4500f89acc3a717d7a3c8a82c9ccad770ba0..77fae81fc23625e9e861bf254366af4cb7b1b77c 100644
--- a/chart/templates/logging/eck-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/logging/eck-operator/values.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ license:
 
 image:
   pullPolicy: {{ .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
-
+  
 podAnnotations:
+{{- if .Values.istio.enabled }}
+  {{ include "istioAnnotation" . }}
+{{- end }}
   sidecar.istio.io/inject: "true"
   traffic.sidecar.istio.io/includeInboundPorts: "*"
   traffic.sidecar.istio.io/excludeInboundPorts: "9443"