diff --git a/pkg/controller/feed/reconcile_test.go b/pkg/controller/feed/reconcile_test.go
index 2b4f90c493a..7d3c7ac88a0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/feed/reconcile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/feed/reconcile_test.go
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@ func getNewStartJob() *batchv1.Job {
 		},
 		Spec: batchv1.JobSpec{
 			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Annotations: map[string]string{"sidecar.istio.io/inject": "false"},
+				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{{
 						Name:  "feedlet",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/feed/resources/job.go b/pkg/controller/feed/resources/job.go
index 066047d373a..c2dcfb0a443 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/feed/resources/job.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/feed/resources/job.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ const (
 	OperationStartFeed Operation = "START"
 	// OperationStopFeed specifies a feed should be stopped
 	OperationStopFeed = "STOP"
+	// istio side car injection annotation
+	sidecarIstioInjectAnnotation = "sidecar.istio.io/inject"
 )
 
 // EnvVar specifies the names of the environment variables passed to the
@@ -183,11 +185,16 @@ func makePodTemplate(feed *feedsv1alpha1.Feed, source *feedsv1alpha1.EventSource
 	}
 
 	return &corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			// don't inject Istio sidecar
+			// so if the feed can to access external services during StartFeed/StopFeed
+			Annotations: map[string]string{sidecarIstioInjectAnnotation: "false"},
+		},
 		Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 			ServiceAccountName: feed.Spec.ServiceAccountName,
 			RestartPolicy:      corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
 			Containers: []corev1.Container{
-				{
+				corev1.Container{
 					Name:            "feedlet",
 					Image:           source.Spec.Image,
 					ImagePullPolicy: corev1.PullIfNotPresent,