diff --git a/helm/core/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/helm/core/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index 1b9f43eb8..c63e66498 100644
--- a/helm/core/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/core/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ spec:
             value: "{{ .Values.global.xdsMaxRecvMsgSize }}"
           - name: ENBALE_SCOPED_RDS
             value: "{{ .Values.global.enableSRDS }}"
+          - name: ISTIO_DELTA_XDS
+            value: "{{ .Values.global.enableDeltaXDS }}"
           - name: ON_DEMAND_RDS
             value: "{{ .Values.global.onDemandRDS }}"
           - name: HOST_RDS_MERGE_SUBSET
diff --git a/helm/core/values.yaml b/helm/core/values.yaml
index 56864f139..536ee19d6 100644
--- a/helm/core/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/core/values.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ global:
   xdsMaxRecvMsgSize: "104857600"
   defaultUpstreamConcurrencyThreshold: 10000
   enableSRDS: true
+  # -- Whether to enable Istio delta xDS. Default is false due to SRDS compatibility.
+  enableDeltaXDS: false
   # -- Whether to enable Redis(redis-stack-server) for Higress, default is false.
   enableRedis: false
   enablePluginServer: false