diff --git a/pkg/inject/config.go b/pkg/inject/config.go
index d3146449..c5f113dd 100644
--- a/pkg/inject/config.go
+++ b/pkg/inject/config.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const (
 	flagSidecarMemoryRequests = "sidecar-memory-requests"
 	flagPreview               = "preview"
 	flagLogLevel              = "sidecar-log-level"
+	flagPreStopDelay          = "prestop-delay"
 
 	flagInitImage  = "init-image"
 	flagIgnoredIPs = "ignored-ips"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	SidecarMemory string
 	Preview       bool
 	LogLevel      string
+	PreStopDelay  string
 
 	// Init container settings
 	InitImage  string
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ func (cfg *Config) BindFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		"Enable preview channel")
 	fs.StringVar(&cfg.LogLevel, flagLogLevel, "info",
 		"AWS App Mesh envoy log level")
+	fs.StringVar(&cfg.PreStopDelay, flagPreStopDelay, "20",
+		"AWS App Mesh envoy preStop hook sleep duration")
 	fs.StringVar(&cfg.InitImage, flagInitImage, "111345817488.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/aws-appmesh-proxy-route-manager:v2",
 		"Init container image.")
 	fs.StringVar(&cfg.IgnoredIPs, flagIgnoredIPs, "169.254.169.254",
diff --git a/pkg/inject/envoy.go b/pkg/inject/envoy.go
index 434f0452..9d63791b 100644
--- a/pkg/inject/envoy.go
+++ b/pkg/inject/envoy.go
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ const envoyContainerTemplate = `
       "protocol": "TCP"
     }
   ],
+  "lifecycle": {
+     "preStop": {
+        "exec": {
+           "command": [
+              "sh",
+              "-c",
+              "sleep {{.PreStopDelay}}"
+           ]
+         }
+     }
+  },
   "env": [
     {
       "name": "APPMESH_VIRTUAL_NODE_NAME",
@@ -82,6 +93,7 @@ type EnvoyTemplateVariables struct {
 	VirtualNodeName              string
 	Preview                      string
 	LogLevel                     string
+	PreStopDelay                 string
 	SidecarImage                 string
 	SidecarCPURequests           string
 	SidecarMemoryRequests        string
@@ -98,6 +110,7 @@ type envoyMutatorConfig struct {
 	awsRegion             string
 	preview               bool
 	logLevel              string
+	preStopDelay          string
 	sidecarImage          string
 	sidecarCPURequests    string
 	sidecarMemoryRequests string
@@ -156,6 +169,7 @@ func (m *envoyMutator) buildTemplateVariables(pod *corev1.Pod) EnvoyTemplateVari
 		VirtualNodeName:              virtualNodeName,
 		Preview:                      preview,
 		LogLevel:                     m.mutatorConfig.logLevel,
+		PreStopDelay:                 m.mutatorConfig.preStopDelay,
 		SidecarImage:                 m.mutatorConfig.sidecarImage,
 		SidecarCPURequests:           getSidecarCPURequest(m.mutatorConfig.sidecarCPURequests, pod),
 		SidecarMemoryRequests:        getSidecarMemoryRequest(m.mutatorConfig.sidecarMemoryRequests, pod),
diff --git a/pkg/inject/envoy_test.go b/pkg/inject/envoy_test.go
index 069d9874..3b3a294b 100644
--- a/pkg/inject/envoy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/inject/envoy_test.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 					awsRegion:             "us-west-2",
 					preview:               false,
 					logLevel:              "debug",
+					preStopDelay:          "20",
 					sidecarImage:          "envoy:v2",
 					sidecarCPURequests:    cpuRequests.String(),
 					sidecarMemoryRequests: memoryRequests.String(),
@@ -103,6 +104,14 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 									Protocol:      "TCP",
 								},
 							},
+							Lifecycle: &corev1.Lifecycle{
+								PostStart: nil,
+								PreStop: &corev1.Handler{
+									Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{
+										"sh", "-c", "sleep 20",
+									}},
+								},
+							},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name:  "APPMESH_VIRTUAL_NODE_NAME",
@@ -141,6 +150,7 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 					awsRegion:             "us-west-2",
 					preview:               true,
 					logLevel:              "debug",
+					preStopDelay:          "20",
 					sidecarImage:          "envoy:v2",
 					sidecarCPURequests:    cpuRequests.String(),
 					sidecarMemoryRequests: memoryRequests.String(),
@@ -173,6 +183,14 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 									Protocol:      "TCP",
 								},
 							},
+							Lifecycle: &corev1.Lifecycle{
+								PostStart: nil,
+								PreStop: &corev1.Handler{
+									Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{
+										"sh", "-c", "sleep 20",
+									}},
+								},
+							},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name:  "APPMESH_VIRTUAL_NODE_NAME",
@@ -211,6 +229,7 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 					awsRegion:             "us-west-2",
 					preview:               false,
 					logLevel:              "debug",
+					preStopDelay:          "20",
 					sidecarImage:          "envoy:v2",
 					sidecarCPURequests:    cpuRequests.String(),
 					sidecarMemoryRequests: memoryRequests.String(),
@@ -244,6 +263,14 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 									Protocol:      "TCP",
 								},
 							},
+							Lifecycle: &corev1.Lifecycle{
+								PostStart: nil,
+								PreStop: &corev1.Handler{
+									Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{
+										"sh", "-c", "sleep 20",
+									}},
+								},
+							},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name:  "APPMESH_VIRTUAL_NODE_NAME",
@@ -286,6 +313,7 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 					awsRegion:             "us-west-2",
 					preview:               false,
 					logLevel:              "debug",
+					preStopDelay:          "20",
 					sidecarImage:          "envoy:v2",
 					sidecarCPURequests:    cpuRequests.String(),
 					sidecarMemoryRequests: memoryRequests.String(),
@@ -319,6 +347,14 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 									Protocol:      "TCP",
 								},
 							},
+							Lifecycle: &corev1.Lifecycle{
+								PostStart: nil,
+								PreStop: &corev1.Handler{
+									Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{
+										"sh", "-c", "sleep 20",
+									}},
+								},
+							},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name:  "APPMESH_VIRTUAL_NODE_NAME",
@@ -367,6 +403,7 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 					awsRegion:             "us-west-2",
 					preview:               false,
 					logLevel:              "debug",
+					preStopDelay:          "20",
 					sidecarImage:          "envoy:v2",
 					sidecarCPURequests:    cpuRequests.String(),
 					sidecarMemoryRequests: memoryRequests.String(),
@@ -400,6 +437,14 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 									Protocol:      "TCP",
 								},
 							},
+							Lifecycle: &corev1.Lifecycle{
+								PostStart: nil,
+								PreStop: &corev1.Handler{
+									Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{
+										"sh", "-c", "sleep 20",
+									}},
+								},
+							},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name:  "APPMESH_VIRTUAL_NODE_NAME",
@@ -448,6 +493,7 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 					awsRegion:             "us-west-2",
 					preview:               false,
 					logLevel:              "debug",
+					preStopDelay:          "20",
 					sidecarImage:          "envoy:v2",
 					sidecarCPURequests:    cpuRequests.String(),
 					sidecarMemoryRequests: memoryRequests.String(),
@@ -481,6 +527,14 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 									Protocol:      "TCP",
 								},
 							},
+							Lifecycle: &corev1.Lifecycle{
+								PostStart: nil,
+								PreStop: &corev1.Handler{
+									Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{
+										"sh", "-c", "sleep 20",
+									}},
+								},
+							},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name:  "APPMESH_VIRTUAL_NODE_NAME",
@@ -523,6 +577,7 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 					awsRegion:             "us-west-2",
 					preview:               false,
 					logLevel:              "debug",
+					preStopDelay:          "20",
 					sidecarImage:          "envoy:v2",
 					sidecarCPURequests:    cpuRequests.String(),
 					sidecarMemoryRequests: memoryRequests.String(),
@@ -556,6 +611,14 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 									Protocol:      "TCP",
 								},
 							},
+							Lifecycle: &corev1.Lifecycle{
+								PostStart: nil,
+								PreStop: &corev1.Handler{
+									Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{
+										"sh", "-c", "sleep 20",
+									}},
+								},
+							},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name:  "APPMESH_VIRTUAL_NODE_NAME",
@@ -598,6 +661,7 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 					awsRegion:             "us-west-2",
 					preview:               false,
 					logLevel:              "debug",
+					preStopDelay:          "20",
 					sidecarImage:          "envoy:v2",
 					sidecarCPURequests:    cpuRequests.String(),
 					sidecarMemoryRequests: memoryRequests.String(),
@@ -649,6 +713,14 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 									Protocol:      "TCP",
 								},
 							},
+							Lifecycle: &corev1.Lifecycle{
+								PostStart: nil,
+								PreStop: &corev1.Handler{
+									Exec: &corev1.ExecAction{Command: []string{
+										"sh", "-c", "sleep 20",
+									}},
+								},
+							},
 							Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 								{
 									Name:  "APPMESH_VIRTUAL_NODE_NAME",
@@ -717,6 +789,7 @@ func Test_envoyMutator_mutate(t *testing.T) {
 					awsRegion:             "us-west-2",
 					preview:               false,
 					logLevel:              "debug",
+					preStopDelay:          "20",
 					sidecarImage:          "envoy:v2",
 					sidecarCPURequests:    cpuRequests.String(),
 					sidecarMemoryRequests: memoryRequests.String(),
diff --git a/pkg/inject/inject.go b/pkg/inject/inject.go
index 7b9409a8..74613170 100644
--- a/pkg/inject/inject.go
+++ b/pkg/inject/inject.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ func (m *SidecarInjector) injectAppMeshPatches(ms *appmesh.Mesh, vn *appmesh.Vir
 				awsRegion:             m.awsRegion,
 				preview:               m.config.Preview,
 				logLevel:              m.config.LogLevel,
+				preStopDelay:          m.config.PreStopDelay,
 				sidecarImage:          m.config.SidecarImage,
 				sidecarCPURequests:    m.config.SidecarCpu,
 				sidecarMemoryRequests: m.config.SidecarMemory,