diff --git a/kubernetes/customresourcedefinitions.gen.yaml b/kubernetes/customresourcedefinitions.gen.yaml
index ba00e7cb596..de884879404 100644
--- a/kubernetes/customresourcedefinitions.gen.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/customresourcedefinitions.gen.yaml
@@ -1200,6 +1200,8 @@ spec:
     kind: EnvoyFilter
     listKind: EnvoyFilterList
     plural: envoyfilters
+    shortNames:
+    - ef
     singular: envoyfilter
   preserveUnknownFields: true
   scope: Namespaced
diff --git a/networking/v1alpha3/envoy_filter.pb.go b/networking/v1alpha3/envoy_filter.pb.go
index 6b122e2c215..148414acccb 100644
--- a/networking/v1alpha3/envoy_filter.pb.go
+++ b/networking/v1alpha3/envoy_filter.pb.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func (EnvoyFilter_Patch_FilterClass) EnumDescriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
 // +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:labels:app=istio-pilot,chart=istio,heritage=Tiller,release=istio
 // +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:subresource:status
 // +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:scope:Namespaced
-// +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:resource:categories=istio-io,networking-istio-io
+// +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:resource:categories=istio-io,networking-istio-io,shortNames=ef
 // +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:preserveUnknownFields:true
 // -->
 //
diff --git a/networking/v1alpha3/envoy_filter.proto b/networking/v1alpha3/envoy_filter.proto
index 02334a76bfb..84d5e850145 100644
--- a/networking/v1alpha3/envoy_filter.proto
+++ b/networking/v1alpha3/envoy_filter.proto
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ option go_package = "istio.io/api/networking/v1alpha3";
 // +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:labels:app=istio-pilot,chart=istio,heritage=Tiller,release=istio
 // +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:subresource:status
 // +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:scope:Namespaced
-// +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:resource:categories=istio-io,networking-istio-io
+// +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:resource:categories=istio-io,networking-istio-io,shortNames=ef
 // +cue-gen:EnvoyFilter:preserveUnknownFields:true
 // -->
 //