diff --git a/tests/components/istio/Makefile b/tests/components/istio/Makefile
index 00d797d604f2..0c400f40ca6e 100644
--- a/tests/components/istio/Makefile
+++ b/tests/components/istio/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ all: help
 ## Test:
 
 test: ## Run the tests of the project
+ifeq ($(EXPORT_RESULT), true)
+	go install github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report
+	$(eval OUTPUT_OPTIONS = | tee /dev/tty | go-junit-report -set-exit-code > junit-report.xml)
+endif
 	$(GOTEST) -v -race ./... $(OUTPUT_OPTIONS)
 
 test-k3d: provision-k3d kyma-istio-deploy test ## Run tests on k3d cluster