diff --git a/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-badauthz/capture.sh b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-badauthz/capture.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af3245f345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-badauthz/capture.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+snapshot_envoy_admin localhost:19000 s1 || true
+snapshot_envoy_admin localhost:19001 s2 || true
diff --git a/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-badauthz/verify.bats b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-badauthz/verify.bats
index e8586d7b7d..78154fa3a7 100644
--- a/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-badauthz/verify.bats
+++ b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-badauthz/verify.bats
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ load helpers
   assert_upstream_has_endpoints_in_status 127.0.0.1:19000 s2.default.primary HEALTHY 1
 }
 
+@test "s2 should have network rbac rules loaded from xDS" {
+  retry_default assert_envoy_network_rbac_policy_count localhost:19001 1
+}
+
 @test "s1 upstream should NOT be able to connect to s2" {
   run retry_default must_fail_tcp_connection localhost:5000
 
diff --git a/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-http-badauthz/capture.sh b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-http-badauthz/capture.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af3245f345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-http-badauthz/capture.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+snapshot_envoy_admin localhost:19000 s1 || true
+snapshot_envoy_admin localhost:19001 s2 || true
diff --git a/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-http-badauthz/verify.bats b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-http-badauthz/verify.bats
index 825a3ea0ec..b1bd1d9e4d 100644
--- a/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-http-badauthz/verify.bats
+++ b/test/integration/connect/envoy/case-http-badauthz/verify.bats
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ load helpers
   assert_upstream_has_endpoints_in_status 127.0.0.1:19000 1a47f6e1~s2.default.primary HEALTHY 1
 }
 
-@test "s1 upstream should NOT be able to connect to s2" {
-  run retry_default must_fail_http_connection localhost:5000
-
-  echo "OUTPUT $output"
-
-  [ "$status" == "0" ]
+@test "s2 should have http rbac rules loaded from xDS" {
+  retry_default assert_envoy_http_rbac_policy_count localhost:19001 1
+}
+
+@test "s1 upstream should NOT be able to connect to s2" {
+  retry_default must_fail_http_connection localhost:5000
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/connect/envoy/helpers.bash b/test/integration/connect/envoy/helpers.bash
index b4dcda90bf..5b6c110250 100755
--- a/test/integration/connect/envoy/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/integration/connect/envoy/helpers.bash
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ function assert_proxy_presents_cert_uri {
   local DC=${3:-primary}
   local NS=${4:-default}
 
-
   CERT=$(retry_default get_cert $HOSTPORT)
 
   echo "WANT SERVICE: ${NS}/${SERVICENAME}"
@@ -153,36 +152,48 @@ function assert_envoy_version {
   echo $VERSION | grep "/$ENVOY_VERSION/"
 }
 
+function assert_envoy_http_rbac_policy_count {
+  local HOSTPORT=$1
+  local EXPECT_COUNT=$2
+
+  GOT_COUNT=$(get_envoy_http_rbac_once $HOSTPORT | jq '.rules.policies | length')
+  [ "${GOT_COUNT:-0}" -eq $EXPECT_COUNT ]
+}
+
+function get_envoy_http_rbac_once {
+  local HOSTPORT=$1
+  run curl -s -f $HOSTPORT/config_dump
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  echo "$output" | jq --raw-output '.configs[2].dynamic_listeners[].active_state.listener.filter_chains[0].filters[0].config.http_filters[] | select(.name == "envoy.filters.http.rbac") | .config'
+}
+
+function assert_envoy_network_rbac_policy_count {
+  local HOSTPORT=$1
+  local EXPECT_COUNT=$2
+
+  GOT_COUNT=$(get_envoy_network_rbac_once $HOSTPORT | jq '.rules.policies | length')
+  [ "${GOT_COUNT:-0}" -eq $EXPECT_COUNT ]
+}
+
+function get_envoy_network_rbac_once {
+  local HOSTPORT=$1
+  run curl -s -f $HOSTPORT/config_dump
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  echo "$output" | jq --raw-output '.configs[2].dynamic_listeners[].active_state.listener.filter_chains[0].filters[] | select(.name == "envoy.filters.network.rbac") | .config'
+}
+
 function get_envoy_listener_filters {
   local HOSTPORT=$1
   run retry_default curl -s -f $HOSTPORT/config_dump
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-  local ENVOY_VERSION=$(echo $output | jq --raw-output '.configs[0].bootstrap.node.metadata.envoy_version')
-  local QUERY=''
-  # from 1.13.0 on the config json looks slightly different
-  # 1.10.x, 1.11.x, 1.12.x are not affected
-  if [[ "$ENVOY_VERSION" =~ ^1\.1[012]\. ]]; then
-    QUERY='.configs[2].dynamic_active_listeners[].listener | "\(.name) \( .filter_chains[0].filters | map(.name) | join(","))"'
-  else
-    QUERY='.configs[2].dynamic_listeners[].active_state.listener | "\(.name) \( .filter_chains[0].filters | map(.name) | join(","))"'
-  fi
-  echo "$output" | jq --raw-output "$QUERY"
+  echo "$output" | jq --raw-output '.configs[2].dynamic_listeners[].active_state.listener | "\(.name) \( .filter_chains[0].filters | map(.name) | join(","))"'
 }
 
 function get_envoy_http_filters {
   local HOSTPORT=$1
   run retry_default curl -s -f $HOSTPORT/config_dump
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-  local ENVOY_VERSION=$(echo $output | jq --raw-output '.configs[0].bootstrap.node.metadata.envoy_version')
-  local QUERY=''
-  # from 1.13.0 on the config json looks slightly different
-  # 1.10.x, 1.11.x, 1.12.x are not affected
-  if [[ "$ENVOY_VERSION" =~ ^1\.1[012]\. ]]; then
-      QUERY='.configs[2].dynamic_active_listeners[].listener | "\(.name) \( .filter_chains[0].filters[] | select(.name == "envoy.http_connection_manager") | .config.http_filters | map(.name) | join(","))"'
-  else
-      QUERY='.configs[2].dynamic_listeners[].active_state.listener | "\(.name) \( .filter_chains[0].filters[] | select(.name == "envoy.http_connection_manager") | .config.http_filters | map(.name) | join(","))"'
-  fi
-  echo "$output" | jq --raw-output "$QUERY"
+  echo "$output" | jq --raw-output '.configs[2].dynamic_listeners[].active_state.listener | "\(.name) \( .filter_chains[0].filters[] | select(.name == "envoy.http_connection_manager") | .config.http_filters | map(.name) | join(","))"'
 }
 
 function get_envoy_cluster_config {
@@ -241,7 +252,7 @@ function get_upstream_endpoint_in_status_count {
   local HOSTPORT=$1
   local CLUSTER_NAME=$2
   local HEALTH_STATUS=$3
-  run retry_default curl -s -f "http://${HOSTPORT}/clusters?format=json"
+  run curl -s -f "http://${HOSTPORT}/clusters?format=json"
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
   # echo "$output" >&3
   echo "$output" | jq --raw-output "
@@ -364,7 +375,7 @@ function get_healthy_service_count {
   local DC=$2
   local NS=$3
 
-  run retry_default curl -s -f ${HEADERS} "127.0.0.1:8500/v1/health/connect/${SERVICE_NAME}?dc=${DC}&passing&ns=${NS}"
+  run curl -s -f ${HEADERS} "127.0.0.1:8500/v1/health/connect/${SERVICE_NAME}?dc=${DC}&passing&ns=${NS}"
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
   echo "$output" | jq --raw-output '. | length'
 }
@@ -549,6 +560,8 @@ function must_fail_http_connection {
 
   echo "OUTPUT $output"
 
+  [ "$status" == "0" ]
+
   local expect_response="${2:-403 Forbidden}"
   # Should fail request with 503
   echo "$output" | grep "${expect_response}"