diff --git a/connect-inject/container_init.go b/connect-inject/container_init.go
index 4a0c4be63f71..1c59787e14b9 100644
--- a/connect-inject/container_init.go
+++ b/connect-inject/container_init.go
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ consul-k8s connect-init -pod-name=${POD_NAME} -pod-namespace=${POD_NAMESPACE} \
 
 # Apply traffic redirection rules.
 /consul/connect-inject/consul connect redirect-traffic \
+  {{- if .AuthMethod }}
+  -token-file="/consul/connect-inject/acl-token" \
+  {{- end }}
   {{- if .ConsulNamespace }}
   -namespace="{{ .ConsulNamespace }}" \
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/connect-inject/container_init_test.go b/connect-inject/container_init_test.go
index 8e1e4a5e8fb6..36ffce4f89f2 100644
--- a/connect-inject/container_init_test.go
+++ b/connect-inject/container_init_test.go
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ consul-k8s connect-init -pod-name=${POD_NAME} -pod-namespace=${POD_NAMESPACE} \
 
 # Apply traffic redirection rules.
 /consul/connect-inject/consul connect redirect-traffic \
+  -token-file="/consul/connect-inject/acl-token" \
   -namespace="k8snamespace" \
   -proxy-id="$(cat /consul/connect-inject/proxyid)" \
   -proxy-uid=5995`,