diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress/http-proxy/test.sh b/content/en/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress/http-proxy/test.sh
index 7becb46bfd..59ed5c403e 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress/http-proxy/test.sh
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress/http-proxy/test.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ _verify_contains snip_deploy_an_https_proxy_9 "CONNECT en.wikipedia.org:443"
 
 # create service entry
 snip_configure_traffic_to_external_https_proxy_1
+_wait_for_istio serviceentry default proxy
 
 _verify_contains snip_configure_traffic_to_external_https_proxy_2 "<title>Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title>"
 _verify_contains snip_configure_traffic_to_external_https_proxy_3 "outbound|3128||my-company-proxy.com"