diff --git a/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/configmap.yaml b/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/configmap.yaml
index 4526c16740dd..f444a5dfa375 100644
--- a/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ data:
 
     # Default connect timeout for dynamic clusters generated by Pilot and returned via XDS
     connectTimeout: 10s
+
+    # Automatic protocol detection uses a set of heuristics to
+    # determine whether the connection is using TLS or not (on the
+    # server side), as well as the application protocol being used
+    # (e.g., http vs tcp). These heuristics rely on the client sending
+    # the first bits of data. For server first protocols like MySQL,
+    # MongoDB, etc., Envoy will timeout on the protocol detection after
+    # the specified period, defaulting to non mTLS plain TCP
+    # traffic. Set this field to tweak the period that Envoy will wait
+    # for the client to send the first bits of data. (MUST BE >=1ms)
+    protocolDetectionTimeout: {{ .Values.global.proxy.protocolDetectionTimeout }}
     
     # DNS refresh rate for Envoy clusters of type STRICT_DNS
     dnsRefreshRate: {{ .Values.global.proxy.dnsRefreshRate }}
diff --git a/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/values.yaml b/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/values.yaml
index 3bf96dfe63ec..158bd22ae1c7 100644
--- a/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/values.yaml
+++ b/install/kubernetes/helm/istio/values.yaml
@@ -205,6 +205,17 @@ global:
     # This must be given it terms of seconds. For example, 300s is valid but 5m is invalid.
     dnsRefreshRate: 300s
 
+    # Automatic protocol detection uses a set of heuristics to
+    # determine whether the connection is using TLS or not (on the
+    # server side), as well as the application protocol being used
+    # (e.g., http vs tcp). These heuristics rely on the client sending
+    # the first bits of data. For server first protocols like MySQL,
+    # MongoDB, etc., Envoy will timeout on the protocol detection after
+    # the specified period, defaulting to non mTLS plain TCP
+    # traffic. Set this field to tweak the period that Envoy will wait
+    # for the client to send the first bits of data. (MUST BE >=1ms)
+    protocolDetectionTimeout: 10ms
+
     #If set to true, istio-proxy container will have privileged securityContext
     privileged: false
 
@@ -518,4 +529,4 @@ global:
   # Specifies whether helm test is enabled or not.
   # This field is set to false by default, so 'helm template ...'
   # will ignore the helm test yaml files when generating the template
-  enableHelmTest: false
+  enableHelmTest: false
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diff --git a/pilot/pkg/networking/core/v1alpha3/listener.go b/pilot/pkg/networking/core/v1alpha3/listener.go
index f483ae534cfa..d69cb20acdd8 100644
--- a/pilot/pkg/networking/core/v1alpha3/listener.go
+++ b/pilot/pkg/networking/core/v1alpha3/listener.go
@@ -1602,6 +1602,8 @@ func buildSidecarInboundMgmtListeners(node *model.Proxy, env *model.Environment,
 				}},
 				// No user filters for the management unless we introduce new listener matches
 				skipUserFilters: true,
+				proxy:           node,
+				env:             env,
 			}
 			l := buildListener(listenerOpts)
 			l.TrafficDirection = core.TrafficDirection_INBOUND
@@ -1883,7 +1885,8 @@ func buildListener(opts buildListenerOpts) *xdsapi.Listener {
 			BindToPort: proto.BoolFalse,
 		}
 	}
-	return &xdsapi.Listener{
+
+	listener := &xdsapi.Listener{
 		// TODO: need to sanitize the opts.bind if its a UDS socket, as it could have colons, that envoy
 		// doesn't like
 		Name:            fmt.Sprintf("%s_%d", opts.bind, opts.port),
@@ -1892,6 +1895,15 @@ func buildListener(opts buildListenerOpts) *xdsapi.Listener {
 		FilterChains:    filterChains,
 		DeprecatedV1:    deprecatedV1,
 	}
+
+	if util.IsIstioVersionGE13(opts.proxy) {
+		listener.ListenerFiltersTimeout = util.GogoDurationToDuration(opts.env.Mesh.ProtocolDetectionTimeout)
+		if listener.ListenerFiltersTimeout != nil {
+			listener.ContinueOnListenerFiltersTimeout = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return listener
 }
 
 // appendListenerFallthroughRoute adds a filter that will match all traffic and direct to the
diff --git a/pkg/config/mesh/mesh.go b/pkg/config/mesh/mesh.go
index 2b7a2aa55b28..a171f7c73bf3 100644
--- a/pkg/config/mesh/mesh.go
+++ b/pkg/config/mesh/mesh.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func DefaultMeshConfig() meshconfig.MeshConfig {
 		DefaultDestinationRuleExportTo:    []string{"*"},
 		OutboundTrafficPolicy:             &meshconfig.MeshConfig_OutboundTrafficPolicy{Mode: meshconfig.MeshConfig_OutboundTrafficPolicy_ALLOW_ANY},
 		DnsRefreshRate:                    types.DurationProto(5 * time.Second), // 5 seconds is the default refresh rate used in Envoy
+		ProtocolDetectionTimeout:          types.DurationProto(10 * time.Millisecond),
 	}
 }