diff --git a/pkg/canary/util.go b/pkg/canary/util.go
index b6ac9492a..ea7b0a372 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/util.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/util.go
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var sidecars = map[string]bool{
-	"istio-proxy": true,
-	"envoy":       true,
+	"istio-proxy":   true,
+	"envoy":         true,
+	"linkerd-proxy": true,
 }
 
 func getPorts(cd *flaggerv1.Canary, cs []corev1.Container) map[string]int32 {
diff --git a/pkg/canary/util_test.go b/pkg/canary/util_test.go
index b90b2cb9c..d04cb7338 100644
--- a/pkg/canary/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/canary/util_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+
+	flaggerv1 "github.com/fluxcd/flagger/pkg/apis/flagger/v1beta1"
 )
 
 func TestIncludeLabelsByPrefix(t *testing.T) {
@@ -69,6 +72,43 @@ func TestIncludeLabelsNoIncludes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, filteredLabels)
 }
 
+func TestGetPortsExcludesSidecars(t *testing.T) {
+	cd := &flaggerv1.Canary{
+		Spec: flaggerv1.CanarySpec{
+			Service: flaggerv1.CanaryService{
+				Port: 8080,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	containers := []corev1.Container{
+		{
+			Name: "app",
+			Ports: []corev1.ContainerPort{
+				{Name: "http", ContainerPort: 8080},
+				{Name: "metrics", ContainerPort: 9090},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "linkerd-proxy",
+			Ports: []corev1.ContainerPort{
+				{Name: "linkerd-proxy", ContainerPort: 4143},
+				{Name: "linkerd-admin", ContainerPort: 4191},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "istio-proxy",
+			Ports: []corev1.ContainerPort{
+				{Name: "istio-proxy", ContainerPort: 15090},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	ports := getPorts(cd, containers)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]int32{"metrics": 9090}, ports)
+}
+
 func TestMakePrimaryLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	labels := map[string]string{
 		"lorem": "ipsum",