diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
index 19791ec95c..bc719385c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
@@ -432,7 +432,9 @@ jobs:
           cluster_name: kind
       - name: Deploy service under test
         run: |
-          kubectl apply -f k8s/${{ matrix.SERVICE }}/*.yaml
+          for f in k8s/${{ matrix.SERVICE }}/*.sh; do
+            bash "$f" 
+          done
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
diff --git a/k8s/README.md b/k8s/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c176106c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+This folder contains a set of scripts that execute in separate runs to create Kubernetes environments where a specific
+integration test will run to test discovery.
+
+The folder name (`envoy`, `istio`) will match the equivalent make target 
+(`make integration-test-envoy-discovery-k8s`, `make integration-test-istio-discovery-k8s`).
+
+Reference: `.github/workflows/integration-test.yaml`.
diff --git a/k8s/envoy/envoy.sh b/k8s/envoy/envoy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c711df6e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/envoy/envoy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+kubectl apply -f $SCRIPT_DIR/envoy.yaml