diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-ip6tables.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-ip6tables.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b9e10a4b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-ip6tables.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Microsoft Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/lib.sh"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
+load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
+
+setup() {
+	[ "$(uname -m)" == "ppc64le" ] && skip "ip6tables tests for ppc64le"
+
+	setup_common
+	pod_name="pod-istio"
+	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-istio.yaml"
+	policy_settings_dir="$(create_tmp_policy_settings_dir "${pod_config_dir}")"
+	add_requests_to_policy_settings "${policy_settings_dir}" "ReadStreamRequest"
+	auto_generate_policy "${policy_settings_dir}" "${yaml_file}"
+}
+
+@test "Pod that performs ip6tables setup" {
+	kubectl apply -f "${yaml_file}"
+
+	# Check pod completion
+	kubectl wait --for=jsonpath="status.containerStatuses[0].state.terminated.reason"=Completed --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
+
+	# Verify that the job is completed
+	cmd="kubectl get pods -o jsonpath='{.items[*].status.phase}' | grep Succeeded"
+	waitForProcess "$wait_time" "$sleep_time" "$cmd"
+
+	# Verify the output of the pod
+	success_criterion="COMMIT"
+	kubectl logs "$pod_name" | grep "$success_criterion"
+}
+
+teardown() {
+	[ "$(uname -m)" == "ppc64le" ] && skip "ip6tables tests for ppc64le"
+	
+	# Debugging information
+	kubectl logs "$pod_name"
+
+	delete_tmp_policy_settings_dir "${policy_settings_dir}"
+	teardown_common "${node}" "${node_start_time:-}"
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index 162bd4808a..aee600c408 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ else
 		"k8s-file-volume.bats" \
 		"k8s-hostname.bats" \
 		"k8s-inotify.bats" \
+		"k8s-ip6tables.bats" \
 		"k8s-job.bats" \
 		"k8s-kill-all-process-in-container.bats" \
 		"k8s-limit-range.bats" \
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-istio.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-istio.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e3fb7ee06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-istio.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Microsoft Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: pod-istio
+spec:
+  restartPolicy: Never
+  containers:
+    - name: test-container
+      image: quay.io/kata-containers/istio/proxyv2:1.26.3
+      args:
+        - istio-iptables
+        - -p
+        - "15001"
+        - -z
+        - "15006"
+        - -u
+        - "1337"
+        - -m
+        - REDIRECT
+        - -i
+        - "*"
+        - -x
+        - ""
+        - -b
+        - "*"
+        - -d
+        - "15090,15021,15020"
+        - --log_output_level=default:info
+      securityContext:
+        capabilities:
+          add: ["NET_ADMIN", "NET_RAW"]
+          drop: ["ALL"]
+  runtimeClassName: kata
+