diff --git a/test/integration/connect/envoy/run-tests.sh b/test/integration/connect/envoy/run-tests.sh
index 2197d41029..736b3d9ff7 100755
--- a/test/integration/connect/envoy/run-tests.sh
+++ b/test/integration/connect/envoy/run-tests.sh
@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ function verify {
 
   echo "Running ${DC} verification step for ${CASE_DIR}..."
 
+  # need to tell the PID 1 inside of the container that it won't be actual PID
+  # 1 because we're using --pid=host so we use TINI_SUBREAPER
   if docker run --name envoy_verify-${DC}_1 -t \
+    -e TINI_SUBREAPER=1 \
     -e ENVOY_VERSION \
     $WORKDIR_SNIPPET \
     --pid=host \