diff --git a/.changelog/239.txt b/.changelog/239.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d562d630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/239.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+Add graceful_startup endpoint and postStart hook in order to guarantee that dataplane starts up before application container. 
+```
diff --git a/cmd/consul-dataplane/config_test.go b/cmd/consul-dataplane/config_test.go
index e6e356ac..92183478 100644
--- a/cmd/consul-dataplane/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/consul-dataplane/config_test.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func TestConfigGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 						GracefulShutdownPath:          "/graceful_shutdown",
 						EnvoyDrainTimeSeconds:         30,
 						GracefulPort:                  20300,
+						GracefulStartupPath:           "/graceful_startup",
 					},
 					Telemetry: &consuldp.TelemetryConfig{
 						UseCentralConfig: true,
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ func TestConfigGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 						EnvoyDrainTimeSeconds:         30,
 						GracefulPort:                  20300,
 						DumpEnvoyConfigOnExitEnabled:  true,
+						GracefulStartupPath:           "/graceful_startup",
 					},
 					Telemetry: &consuldp.TelemetryConfig{
 						UseCentralConfig: true,
@@ -410,6 +412,7 @@ func TestConfigGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 						EnvoyDrainTimeSeconds:         30,
 						GracefulPort:                  20300,
 						DumpEnvoyConfigOnExitEnabled:  false,
+						GracefulStartupPath:           "/graceful_startup",
 					},
 					Telemetry: &consuldp.TelemetryConfig{
 						UseCentralConfig: true,