diff --git a/apis/project.cattle.io/v3/schema/schema.go b/apis/project.cattle.io/v3/schema/schema.go
index 5b6190fb..f58fecad 100644
--- a/apis/project.cattle.io/v3/schema/schema.go
+++ b/apis/project.cattle.io/v3/schema/schema.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	monitoringv1 "github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/pkg/client/monitoring/v1"
+	istiov1alpha3 "github.com/knative/pkg/apis/istio/v1alpha3"
 	"github.com/rancher/norman/types"
 	m "github.com/rancher/norman/types/mapper"
 	v3 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/project.cattle.io/v3"
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ var (
 		Init(appTypes).
 		Init(pipelineTypes).
 		Init(monitoringTypes).
-		Init(autoscalingTypes)
+		Init(autoscalingTypes).
+		Init(istioTypes)
 )
 
 func configMapTypes(schemas *types.Schemas) *types.Schemas {
@@ -1088,3 +1090,19 @@ func autoscalingTypes(schemas *types.Schemas) *types.Schemas {
 			Description string `json:"description,omitempty"`
 		}{})
 }
+
+func istioTypes(schemas *types.Schemas) *types.Schemas {
+	return schemas.
+		MustImport(&Version, istiov1alpha3.HTTPMatchRequest{}, struct {
+			Port *uint32 `json:"port,omitempty"`
+		}{}).
+		MustImport(&Version, istiov1alpha3.HTTPRoute{}, struct {
+			WebsocketUpgrade *bool `json:"websocketUpgrade,omitempty"`
+		}{}).
+		MustImport(&Version, istiov1alpha3.VirtualService{}, projectOverride{}, struct {
+			Status interface{}
+		}{}).
+		MustImport(&Version, istiov1alpha3.DestinationRule{}, projectOverride{}, struct {
+			Status interface{}
+		}{})
+}
diff --git a/config/context.go b/config/context.go
index 5250521e..5b602534 100644
--- a/config/context.go
+++ b/config/context.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	managementv3 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3"
 	managementSchema "github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/schema"
 	monitoringv1 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/monitoring.coreos.com/v1"
+	istiov1alpha3 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/networking.istio.io/v1alpha3"
 	knetworkingv1 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/networking.k8s.io/v1"
 	projectv3 "github.com/rancher/types/apis/project.cattle.io/v3"
 	projectSchema "github.com/rancher/types/apis/project.cattle.io/v3/schema"
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ type UserContext struct {
 	Networking   knetworkingv1.Interface
 	Monitoring   monitoringv1.Interface
 	Cluster      clusterv3.Interface
+	Istio        istiov1alpha3.Interface
 }
 
 func (w *UserContext) controllers() []controller.Starter {
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ func (w *UserContext) UserOnlyContext() *UserOnlyContext {
 		BatchV1Beta1: w.BatchV1Beta1,
 		Monitoring:   w.Monitoring,
 		Cluster:      w.Cluster,
+		Istio:        w.Istio,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ type UserOnlyContext struct {
 	BatchV1Beta1 batchv1beta1.Interface
 	Monitoring   monitoringv1.Interface
 	Cluster      clusterv3.Interface
+	Istio        istiov1alpha3.Interface
 }
 
 func (w *UserOnlyContext) controllers() []controller.Starter {
@@ -408,6 +412,11 @@ func NewUserContext(scaledContext *ScaledContext, config rest.Config, clusterNam
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	context.Istio, err = istiov1alpha3.NewForConfig(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	dynamicConfig := config
 	if dynamicConfig.NegotiatedSerializer == nil {
 		dynamicConfig.NegotiatedSerializer = dynamic.NegotiatedSerializer
@@ -497,6 +506,11 @@ func NewUserOnlyContext(config rest.Config) (*UserOnlyContext, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	context.Istio, err = istiov1alpha3.NewForConfig(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	dynamicConfig := config
 	if dynamicConfig.NegotiatedSerializer == nil {
 		dynamicConfig.NegotiatedSerializer = dynamic.NegotiatedSerializer
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6b978f3c..ef84f8c1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	monitoringv1 "github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/pkg/client/monitoring/v1"
+	istiov1alpha3 "github.com/knative/pkg/apis/istio/v1alpha3"
 	clusterSchema "github.com/rancher/types/apis/cluster.cattle.io/v3/schema"
 	managementSchema "github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3/schema"
 	publicSchema "github.com/rancher/types/apis/management.cattle.io/v3public/schema"
@@ -96,4 +97,11 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		[]interface{}{},
 	)
+	generator.GenerateNativeTypes(istiov1alpha3.SchemeGroupVersion,
+		[]interface{}{
+			istiov1alpha3.VirtualService{},
+			istiov1alpha3.DestinationRule{},
+		},
+		[]interface{}{},
+	)
 }