diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-scale-nginx.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-scale-nginx.bats
index 3f11236f38..310dbd4bef 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-scale-nginx.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-scale-nginx.bats
@@ -14,14 +14,20 @@ setup() {
 	replicas="3"
 	deployment="nginx-deployment"
 	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	# Create the yaml file
+	test_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/test-${deployment}.yaml"
+	sed -e "s/\${nginx_version}/${nginx_image}/" \
+		"${pod_config_dir}/${deployment}.yaml" > "${test_yaml}"
+
+	# Add policy to the yaml file
+	policy_settings_dir="$(create_tmp_policy_settings_dir "${pod_config_dir}")"
+	add_requests_to_policy_settings "${policy_settings_dir}" "ReadStreamRequest"
+	auto_generate_policy "${policy_settings_dir}" "${test_yaml}"
 }
 
 @test "Scale nginx deployment" {
-
-	sed -e "s/\${nginx_version}/${nginx_image}/" \
-		"${pod_config_dir}/${deployment}.yaml" > "${pod_config_dir}/test-${deployment}.yaml"
-
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/test-${deployment}.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${test_yaml}"
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Available --timeout=$timeout deployment/${deployment}
 	kubectl expose deployment/${deployment}
 	kubectl scale deployment/${deployment} --replicas=${replicas}
@@ -30,7 +36,8 @@ setup() {
 }
 
 teardown() {
-	rm -f "${pod_config_dir}/test-${deployment}.yaml"
+	rm -f "${test_yaml}"
 	kubectl delete deployment "$deployment"
 	kubectl delete service "$deployment"
+	delete_tmp_policy_settings_dir "${policy_settings_dir}"
 }