diff --git a/config/rbac/role.yaml b/config/rbac/role.yaml
index 91be6698..be515044 100644
--- a/config/rbac/role.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/role.yaml
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@ rules:
   - patch
   - update
   - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - networking.istio.io
+  resources:
+  - virtualservices
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
 - apiGroups:
   - rbac.authorization.k8s.io
   resources:
diff --git a/controllers/inference_services.go b/controllers/inference_services.go
index ee8745bf..827ed4f4 100644
--- a/controllers/inference_services.go
+++ b/controllers/inference_services.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (r *TrustyAIServiceReconciler) handleInferenceServices(ctx context.Context,
 // patchKServe adds a TrustyAI service as an InferenceLogger to a KServe InferenceService
 func (r *TrustyAIServiceReconciler) patchKServe(ctx context.Context, instance *trustyaiopendatahubiov1alpha1.TrustyAIService, infService kservev1beta1.InferenceService, namespace string, crName string, remove bool) error {
 
-	url := generateNonTLSServiceURL(crName, namespace)
+	url := generateKServeLoggerURL(crName, namespace)
 
 	if remove {
 		if infService.Spec.Predictor.Logger == nil || *infService.Spec.Predictor.Logger.URL != url {
@@ -295,6 +295,25 @@ func (r *TrustyAIServiceReconciler) patchKServe(ctx context.Context, instance *t
 			log.FromContext(ctx).Error(err, "InferenceService has service mesh annotation but DestinationRule CRD not found")
 		}
 
+		// Check if VirtualService CRD is present. If there's an error, don't proceed and return the error
+		exists, err = r.isVirtualServiceCRDPresent(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.FromContext(ctx).Error(err, "Error verifying VirtualService CRD is present")
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Try to create the VirtualService, since CRD exists
+		if exists {
+			err := r.ensureVirtualService(ctx, instance)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure VirtualService: %v", err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// VirtualService CRD does not exist. Do not attempt to create it and log error
+			err := fmt.Errorf("the VirtualService CRD is not present in this cluster")
+			log.FromContext(ctx).Error(err, "InferenceService has service mesh annotation but VirtualService CRD not found")
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	// Update the InferenceService
diff --git a/controllers/templates/service/virtual-service.tmpl.yaml b/controllers/templates/service/virtual-service.tmpl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8356be94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/templates/service/virtual-service.tmpl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1beta1
+kind: VirtualService
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .VirtualServiceName }}
+  namespace: {{ .Namespace }}
+spec:
+  hosts:
+    - {{ .Name }}.{{ .Namespace }}.svc.cluster.local
+  http:
+    - match:
+        - port: 80
+      route:
+        - destination:
+            host: {{ .Name }}.{{ .Namespace }}.svc.cluster.local
+            port:
+              number: 443
diff --git a/controllers/trustyaiservice_controller.go b/controllers/trustyaiservice_controller.go
index 1176d986..a6ae3770 100644
--- a/controllers/trustyaiservice_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/trustyaiservice_controller.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ type TrustyAIServiceReconciler struct {
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=rbac.authorization.k8s.io,resources=clusterrolebindings,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;delete
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=coordination.k8s.io,resources=leases,verbs=get;create;update
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=networking.istio.io,resources=destinationrules,verbs=create;list;watch;get;update;patch;delete
+//+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=networking.istio.io,resources=virtualservices,verbs=create;list;watch;get;update;patch;delete
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=apiextensions.k8s.io,resources=customresourcedefinitions,verbs=list;watch;get
 
 // Reconcile is part of the main kubernetes reconciliation loop which aims to
diff --git a/controllers/utils.go b/controllers/utils.go
index e96fc4e5..759b3880 100644
--- a/controllers/utils.go
+++ b/controllers/utils.go
@@ -71,3 +71,8 @@ func generateTLSServiceURL(crName string, namespace string) string {
 func generateNonTLSServiceURL(crName string, namespace string) string {
 	return "http://" + crName + "." + namespace + ".svc"
 }
+
+// generateKServeLoggerURL generates an logger url for KServe Inference Loggers
+func generateKServeLoggerURL(crName string, namespace string) string {
+	return "http://" + crName + "." + namespace + ".svc.cluster.local"
+}
diff --git a/controllers/virtual_service.go b/controllers/virtual_service.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5223c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/virtual_service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+
+	trustyaiopendatahubiov1alpha1 "github.com/trustyai-explainability/trustyai-service-operator/api/v1alpha1"
+	templateParser "github.com/trustyai-explainability/trustyai-service-operator/controllers/templates"
+	apiextensionsv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
+)
+
+const (
+	virtualServiceTemplatePath = "service/virtual-service.tmpl.yaml"
+	virtualServiceCDRName      = "destinationrules.networking.istio.io"
+)
+
+// DestinationRuleConfig has the variables for the DestinationRule template
+type VirtualServiceConfig struct {
+	Name               string
+	Namespace          string
+	VirtualServiceName string
+}
+
+// isVirtualServiceCRDPresent returns true if the DestinationRule CRD is present, false otherwise
+func (r *TrustyAIServiceReconciler) isVirtualServiceCRDPresent(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	crd := &apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinition{}
+
+	err := r.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: virtualServiceCDRName}, crd)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("error getting "+virtualServiceCDRName+" CRD: %v", err)
+		}
+		// Not found
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	// Found
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func (r *TrustyAIServiceReconciler) ensureVirtualService(ctx context.Context, instance *trustyaiopendatahubiov1alpha1.TrustyAIService) error {
+
+	virtualServiceName := instance.Name + "-redirect"
+
+	existingVirtualService := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
+	existingVirtualService.SetKind("VirtualService")
+	existingVirtualService.SetAPIVersion("networking.istio.io/v1beta1")
+
+	// Check if the DestinationRule already exists
+	err := r.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: virtualServiceName, Namespace: instance.Namespace}, existingVirtualService)
+	if err == nil {
+		// DestinationRule exists
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to check for existing VirtualService: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	virtualServiceConfig := VirtualServiceConfig{
+		Name:               instance.Name,
+		Namespace:          instance.Namespace,
+		VirtualServiceName: virtualServiceName,
+	}
+
+	var virtualService *unstructured.Unstructured
+	virtualService, err = templateParser.ParseResource[unstructured.Unstructured](virtualServiceTemplatePath, virtualServiceConfig, reflect.TypeOf(&unstructured.Unstructured{}))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.FromContext(ctx).Error(err, "could not parse the VirtualService template")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := ctrl.SetControllerReference(instance, virtualService, r.Scheme); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = r.Create(ctx, virtualService)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create VirtualService: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}