diff --git a/internal/cmd/egctl/testdata/translate/in/backend-endpoint.yaml b/internal/cmd/egctl/testdata/translate/in/backend-endpoint.yaml
index d2aa0f78f0..0f1f3ab69f 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/egctl/testdata/translate/in/backend-endpoint.yaml
+++ b/internal/cmd/egctl/testdata/translate/in/backend-endpoint.yaml
@@ -44,3 +44,16 @@ spec:
     - ip:
         address: 0.0.0.0
         port: 3000
+---
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1alpha3
+kind: BackendTLSPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: example-com-tls-policy
+spec:
+  targetRefs:
+    - group: 'gateway.envoyproxy.io'
+      kind: Backend
+      name: backend
+  validation:
+    wellKnownCACertificates: "System"
+    hostname: www.example.com
diff --git a/internal/cmd/egctl/testdata/translate/out/backend-endpoint.all.yaml b/internal/cmd/egctl/testdata/translate/out/backend-endpoint.all.yaml
index 0841f84877..41a84b3d83 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/egctl/testdata/translate/out/backend-endpoint.all.yaml
+++ b/internal/cmd/egctl/testdata/translate/out/backend-endpoint.all.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+backendTLSPolicies:
+- kind: BackendTLSPolicy
+  metadata:
+    creationTimestamp: null
+    name: example-com-tls-policy
+    namespace: envoy-gateway-system
+  spec:
+    targetRefs:
+    - group: gateway.envoyproxy.io
+      kind: Backend
+      name: backend
+    validation:
+      hostname: www.example.com
+      wellKnownCACertificates: System
+  status:
+    ancestors:
+    - ancestorRef:
+        group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
+        kind: Gateway
+        name: eg
+      conditions:
+      - lastTransitionTime: null
+        message: Policy has been accepted.
+        reason: Accepted
+        status: "True"
+        type: Accepted
+      controllerName: gateway.envoyproxy.io/gatewayclass-controller
 backends:
 - kind: Backend
   metadata:
diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/resource/load.go b/internal/gatewayapi/resource/load.go
index e3357b0b27..b3d1a523a3 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/resource/load.go
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/resource/load.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	utilyaml "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
 	gwapiv1 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1"
 	gwapiv1a2 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha2"
+	gwapiv1a3 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1alpha3"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	egv1a1 "github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/api/v1alpha1"
@@ -341,6 +342,19 @@ func loadKubernetesYAMLToResources(input []byte, addMissingResources bool) (*Res
 				Data: typedData.(map[string]string),
 			}
 			resources.ConfigMaps = append(resources.ConfigMaps, configMap)
+		case KindBackendTLSPolicy:
+			typedSpec := spec.Interface()
+			backendTLSPolicy := &gwapiv1a3.BackendTLSPolicy{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind: KindBackendTLSPolicy,
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      name,
+					Namespace: namespace,
+				},
+				Spec: typedSpec.(gwapiv1a3.BackendTLSPolicySpec),
+			}
+			resources.BackendTLSPolicies = append(resources.BackendTLSPolicies, backendTLSPolicy)
 		}
 
 		return nil
diff --git a/release-notes/current.yaml b/release-notes/current.yaml
index 3579855d92..1a9b304028 100644
--- a/release-notes/current.yaml
+++ b/release-notes/current.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ bug fixes: |
   Bypass overload manager for stats and ready listeners
   Fix translating backendSettings for extAuth
   Fix an issue that stats compressor was not working.
+  Added support for BackendTLSPolicy parsing in Standalone mode.
 
 # Enhancements that improve performance.
 performance improvements: |