diff --git a/include/istio/control/tcp/controller.h b/include/istio/control/tcp/controller.h
index ff2e40a203e..fa2ce3255fe 100644
--- a/include/istio/control/tcp/controller.h
+++ b/include/istio/control/tcp/controller.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "include/istio/control/tcp/request_handler.h"
 #include "include/istio/mixerclient/client.h"
+#include "include/istio/utils/local_attributes.h"
 #include "mixer/v1/config/client/client_config.pb.h"
 
 namespace istio {
@@ -39,14 +40,17 @@ class Controller {
   // * mixer_config: the mixer client config.
   // * some functions provided by the environment (Envoy)
   struct Options {
-    Options(const ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::TcpClientConfig& config)
-        : config(config) {}
+    Options(const ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::TcpClientConfig& config,
+            const ::istio::utils::LocalNode& local_node)
+        : config(config), local_node(local_node) {}
 
     // Mixer filter config
     const ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::TcpClientConfig& config;
 
     // Some plaform functions for mixer client library.
     ::istio::mixerclient::Environment env;
+
+    const ::istio::utils::LocalNode& local_node;
   };
 
   // The factory function to create a new instance of the controller.
diff --git a/include/istio/utils/local_attributes.h b/include/istio/utils/local_attributes.h
index 76c1c3ee3ff..0935e3c93b3 100644
--- a/include/istio/utils/local_attributes.h
+++ b/include/istio/utils/local_attributes.h
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ void CreateLocalAttributes(const LocalNode& local,
 bool SerializeForwardedAttributes(const LocalNode& local,
                                   std::string* serialized_forward_attributes);
 
+// check if this listener is outbound based on "context.reporter.kind" attribute
+bool IsOutbound(const ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes& attributes);
+
 }  // namespace utils
 }  // namespace istio
 
diff --git a/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/BUILD b/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/BUILD
index f9cba6d787e..ecf05489ce1 100644
--- a/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/BUILD
+++ b/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/BUILD
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ envoy_cc_library(
     deps = [
         "//src/envoy/utils:utils_lib",
         "//src/istio/control/tcp:control_lib",
+        "//src/istio/utils:utils_lib",
         "@envoy//source/exe:envoy_common_lib",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.cc b/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.cc
index 6f8bee5fd64..85789069ec7 100644
--- a/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.cc
+++ b/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.cc
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
  */
 
 #include "src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.h"
+#include "include/istio/utils/local_attributes.h"
 #include "src/envoy/utils/mixer_control.h"
 
+using ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes;
 using ::istio::mixerclient::Statistics;
+using ::istio::utils::LocalNode;
 
 namespace Envoy {
 namespace Tcp {
@@ -25,7 +28,8 @@ namespace Mixer {
 Control::Control(const Config& config, Upstream::ClusterManager& cm,
                  Event::Dispatcher& dispatcher,
                  Runtime::RandomGenerator& random, Stats::Scope& scope,
-                 Utils::MixerFilterStats& stats, const std::string& uuid)
+                 Utils::MixerFilterStats& stats, const std::string& uuid,
+                 const LocalInfo::LocalInfo& local_info)
     : config_(config),
       dispatcher_(dispatcher),
       check_client_factory_(Utils::GrpcClientFactoryForCluster(
@@ -36,10 +40,16 @@ Control::Control(const Config& config, Upstream::ClusterManager& cm,
                  config_.config_pb().transport().stats_update_interval(),
                  [this](Statistics* stat) -> bool { return GetStats(stat); }),
       uuid_(uuid) {
-  Utils::SerializeForwardedAttributes(config_.config_pb().transport(),
-                                      &serialized_forward_attributes_);
+  auto& logger = Logger::Registry::getLog(Logger::Id::config);
+  LocalNode local_node;
+  if (!Utils::ExtractNodeInfo(local_info.node(), &local_node)) {
+    ENVOY_LOG_TO_LOGGER(logger, warn, "Unable to get node metadata");
+  }
+  ::istio::utils::SerializeForwardedAttributes(local_node,
+                                               &serialized_forward_attributes_);
 
-  ::istio::control::tcp::Controller::Options options(config_.config_pb());
+  ::istio::control::tcp::Controller::Options options(config_.config_pb(),
+                                                     local_node);
 
   Utils::CreateEnvironment(dispatcher, random, *check_client_factory_,
                            *report_client_factory_,
diff --git a/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.h b/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.h
index 203858619ad..9e08a167f7a 100644
--- a/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.h
+++ b/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.h
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "common/common/logger.h"
 #include "envoy/event/dispatcher.h"
+#include "envoy/local_info/local_info.h"
 #include "envoy/runtime/runtime.h"
 #include "envoy/thread_local/thread_local.h"
 #include "envoy/upstream/cluster_manager.h"
 #include "include/istio/control/tcp/controller.h"
+#include "include/istio/utils/local_attributes.h"
 #include "src/envoy/tcp/mixer/config.h"
 #include "src/envoy/utils/stats.h"
 
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ class Control final : public ThreadLocal::ThreadLocalObject {
   Control(const Config& config, Upstream::ClusterManager& cm,
           Event::Dispatcher& dispatcher, Runtime::RandomGenerator& random,
           Stats::Scope& scope, Utils::MixerFilterStats& stats,
-          const std::string& uuid);
+          const std::string& uuid, const LocalInfo::LocalInfo& local_info);
 
   ::istio::control::tcp::Controller* controller() { return controller_.get(); }
 
diff --git a/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control_factory.h b/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control_factory.h
index 763d0e65cfe..a33c08151c6 100644
--- a/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control_factory.h
+++ b/src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control_factory.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "envoy/local_info/local_info.h"
 #include "src/envoy/tcp/mixer/control.h"
 
 namespace Envoy {
@@ -38,10 +39,13 @@ class ControlFactory : public Logger::Loggable<Logger::Id::filter> {
         uuid_(context.random().uuid()) {
     Runtime::RandomGenerator& random = context.random();
     Stats::Scope& scope = context.scope();
-    tls_->set([this, &random, &scope](Event::Dispatcher& dispatcher)
+    const LocalInfo::LocalInfo& local_info = context.localInfo();
+
+    tls_->set([this, &random, &scope,
+               &local_info](Event::Dispatcher& dispatcher)
                   -> ThreadLocal::ThreadLocalObjectSharedPtr {
-      return ThreadLocal::ThreadLocalObjectSharedPtr(
-          new Control(*config_, cm_, dispatcher, random, scope, stats_, uuid_));
+      return ThreadLocal::ThreadLocalObjectSharedPtr(new Control(
+          *config_, cm_, dispatcher, random, scope, stats_, uuid_, local_info));
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/istio/control/client_context_base.cc b/src/istio/control/client_context_base.cc
index e814fd56e00..e489faf18a2 100644
--- a/src/istio/control/client_context_base.cc
+++ b/src/istio/control/client_context_base.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ using ::istio::mixerclient::QuotaOptions;
 using ::istio::mixerclient::ReportOptions;
 using ::istio::mixerclient::Statistics;
 using ::istio::mixerclient::TransportCheckFunc;
+using ::istio::utils::CreateLocalAttributes;
+using ::istio::utils::LocalNode;
 
 namespace istio {
 namespace control {
@@ -69,11 +71,14 @@ ReportOptions GetReportOptions(const TransportConfig& config) {
 }  // namespace
 
 ClientContextBase::ClientContextBase(const TransportConfig& config,
-                                     const Environment& env) {
+                                     const Environment& env, bool outbound,
+                                     const LocalNode& local_node)
+    : outbound_(outbound) {
   MixerClientOptions options(GetCheckOptions(config), GetReportOptions(config),
                              GetQuotaOptions(config));
   options.env = env;
   mixer_client_ = ::istio::mixerclient::CreateMixerClient(options);
+  CreateLocalAttributes(local_node, &local_attributes_);
 }
 
 CancelFunc ClientContextBase::SendCheck(TransportCheckFunc transport,
@@ -111,5 +116,20 @@ void ClientContextBase::GetStatistics(Statistics* stat) const {
   mixer_client_->GetStatistics(stat);
 }
 
+void ClientContextBase::AddLocalNodeAttributes(
+    ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes* request) const {
+  if (outbound_) {
+    request->MergeFrom(local_attributes_.outbound);
+  } else {
+    request->MergeFrom(local_attributes_.inbound);
+  }
+}
+
+void ClientContextBase::AddLocalNodeForwardAttribues(
+    ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes* request) const {
+  if (outbound_) {
+    request->MergeFrom(local_attributes_.forward);
+  }
+}
 }  // namespace control
 }  // namespace istio
diff --git a/src/istio/control/client_context_base.h b/src/istio/control/client_context_base.h
index 54a6a89ace4..560c090083c 100644
--- a/src/istio/control/client_context_base.h
+++ b/src/istio/control/client_context_base.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #define ISTIO_CONTROL_CLIENT_CONTEXT_BASE_H
 
 #include "include/istio/mixerclient/client.h"
+#include "include/istio/utils/attribute_names.h"
+#include "include/istio/utils/local_attributes.h"
 #include "mixer/v1/config/client/client_config.pb.h"
 #include "request_context.h"
 
@@ -29,12 +31,16 @@ class ClientContextBase {
  public:
   ClientContextBase(
       const ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::TransportConfig& config,
-      const ::istio::mixerclient::Environment& env);
+      const ::istio::mixerclient::Environment& env, bool outbound,
+      const ::istio::utils::LocalNode& local_node);
 
   // A constructor for unit-test to pass in a mock mixer_client
   ClientContextBase(
-      std::unique_ptr<::istio::mixerclient::MixerClient> mixer_client)
-      : mixer_client_(std::move(mixer_client)) {}
+      std::unique_ptr<::istio::mixerclient::MixerClient> mixer_client,
+      bool outbound, ::istio::utils::LocalAttributes& local_attributes)
+      : mixer_client_(std::move(mixer_client)),
+        outbound_(outbound),
+        local_attributes_(local_attributes) {}
   // virtual destrutor
   virtual ~ClientContextBase() {}
 
@@ -49,9 +55,20 @@ class ClientContextBase {
   // Get statistics.
   void GetStatistics(::istio::mixerclient::Statistics* stat) const;
 
+  void AddLocalNodeAttributes(::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes* request) const;
+
+  void AddLocalNodeForwardAttribues(
+      ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes* request) const;
+
  private:
   // The mixer client object with check cache and report batch features.
   std::unique_ptr<::istio::mixerclient::MixerClient> mixer_client_;
+
+  // If this is an outbound client context.
+  bool outbound_;
+
+  // local attributes - owned by the client context.
+  ::istio::utils::LocalAttributes local_attributes_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace control
diff --git a/src/istio/control/http/client_context.cc b/src/istio/control/http/client_context.cc
index 925ae7313ee..e3acf7fc895 100644
--- a/src/istio/control/http/client_context.cc
+++ b/src/istio/control/http/client_context.cc
@@ -19,51 +19,27 @@
 using ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes_AttributeValue;
 using ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::ServiceConfig;
 using ::istio::utils::AttributeName;
-using ::istio::utils::CreateLocalAttributes;
 
 namespace istio {
 namespace control {
 namespace http {
-const char* kReporterOutbound = "outbound";
-
-namespace {
-
-// isOutbound returns true if this is an outbound listener configuration.
-// It relies on pilot setting context.reporter.kind == outbound;
-static bool isOutbound(
-    const ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::HttpClientConfig& config) {
-  bool outbound = false;
-  const auto& attributes_map = config.mixer_attributes().attributes();
-  const auto it = attributes_map.find(AttributeName::kContextReporterKind);
-  if (it != attributes_map.end()) {
-    const Attributes_AttributeValue& value = it->second;
-    if (kReporterOutbound == value.string_value()) {
-      outbound = true;
-    }
-  }
-  return outbound;
-}
-
-}  // namespace
 
 ClientContext::ClientContext(const Controller::Options& data)
-    : ClientContextBase(data.config.transport(), data.env),
+    : ClientContextBase(
+          data.config.transport(), data.env,
+          ::istio::utils::IsOutbound(data.config.mixer_attributes()),
+          data.local_node),
       config_(data.config),
-      service_config_cache_size_(data.service_config_cache_size),
-      outbound_(isOutbound(data.config)) {
-  CreateLocalAttributes(data.local_node, &local_attributes_);
-}
+      service_config_cache_size_(data.service_config_cache_size) {}
 
 ClientContext::ClientContext(
     std::unique_ptr<::istio::mixerclient::MixerClient> mixer_client,
     const ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::HttpClientConfig& config,
     int service_config_cache_size,
     ::istio::utils::LocalAttributes& local_attributes, bool outbound)
-    : ClientContextBase(std::move(mixer_client)),
+    : ClientContextBase(std::move(mixer_client), outbound, local_attributes),
       config_(config),
-      service_config_cache_size_(service_config_cache_size),
-      local_attributes_(local_attributes),
-      outbound_(outbound) {}
+      service_config_cache_size_(service_config_cache_size) {}
 
 const std::string& ClientContext::GetServiceName(
     const std::string& service_name) const {
@@ -89,22 +65,6 @@ const ServiceConfig* ClientContext::GetServiceConfig(
   return nullptr;
 }
 
-void ClientContext::AddLocalNodeAttributes(
-    ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes* request) const {
-  if (outbound_) {
-    request->MergeFrom(local_attributes_.outbound);
-  } else {
-    request->MergeFrom(local_attributes_.inbound);
-  }
-}
-
-void ClientContext::AddLocalNodeForwardAttribues(
-    ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes* request) const {
-  if (outbound_) {
-    request->MergeFrom(local_attributes_.forward);
-  }
-}
-
 }  // namespace http
 }  // namespace control
 }  // namespace istio
diff --git a/src/istio/control/http/client_context.h b/src/istio/control/http/client_context.h
index 0a5ab57c3a6..acb5609f192 100644
--- a/src/istio/control/http/client_context.h
+++ b/src/istio/control/http/client_context.h
@@ -55,27 +55,12 @@ class ClientContext : public ClientContextBase {
   // Get the service config cache size
   int service_config_cache_size() const { return service_config_cache_size_; }
 
-  // AddLocalNodeAttributes adds source.* attributes for outbound mixer filter
-  // and adds destination.* attributes for inbound mixer filter.
-  void AddLocalNodeAttributes(::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes* request) const;
-
-  // AddLocalNodeForwardAttribues add forward attributes for outbound mixer
-  // filter.
-  void AddLocalNodeForwardAttribues(
-      ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes* request) const;
-
  private:
   // The http client config.
   const ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::HttpClientConfig& config_;
 
   // The service config cache size
   int service_config_cache_size_;
-
-  // local attributes - owned by the client context.
-  ::istio::utils::LocalAttributes local_attributes_;
-
-  // if this client context is for an inbound listener or outbound listener.
-  bool outbound_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace http
diff --git a/src/istio/control/tcp/client_context.h b/src/istio/control/tcp/client_context.h
index e093b9745ef..86296d3f1d9 100644
--- a/src/istio/control/tcp/client_context.h
+++ b/src/istio/control/tcp/client_context.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "include/istio/control/tcp/controller.h"
 #include "include/istio/quota_config/config_parser.h"
+#include "include/istio/utils/local_attributes.h"
 #include "src/istio/control/client_context_base.h"
 #include "src/istio/control/request_context.h"
 
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ namespace tcp {
 class ClientContext : public ClientContextBase {
  public:
   ClientContext(const Controller::Options& data)
-      : ClientContextBase(data.config.transport(), data.env),
+      : ClientContextBase(
+            data.config.transport(), data.env,
+            ::istio::utils::IsOutbound(data.config.mixer_attributes()),
+            data.local_node),
         config_(data.config) {
     BuildQuotaParser();
   }
@@ -39,13 +43,17 @@ class ClientContext : public ClientContextBase {
   // A constructor for unit-test to pass in a mock mixer_client
   ClientContext(
       std::unique_ptr<::istio::mixerclient::MixerClient> mixer_client,
-      const ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::TcpClientConfig& config)
-      : ClientContextBase(std::move(mixer_client)), config_(config) {
+      const ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::TcpClientConfig& config,
+      bool outbound, ::istio::utils::LocalAttributes& local_attributes)
+      : ClientContextBase(std::move(mixer_client), outbound, local_attributes),
+        config_(config) {
     BuildQuotaParser();
   }
 
   // Add static mixer attributes.
   void AddStaticAttributes(RequestContext* request) const {
+    AddLocalNodeAttributes(&request->attributes);
+
     if (config_.has_mixer_attributes()) {
       request->attributes.MergeFrom(config_.mixer_attributes());
     }
diff --git a/src/istio/control/tcp/request_handler_impl_test.cc b/src/istio/control/tcp/request_handler_impl_test.cc
index 259fd06d7ce..eb8b9559c94 100644
--- a/src/istio/control/tcp/request_handler_impl_test.cc
+++ b/src/istio/control/tcp/request_handler_impl_test.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "google/protobuf/text_format.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include "src/istio/control/mock_mixer_client.h"
 #include "src/istio/control/tcp/client_context.h"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "src/istio/control/tcp/mock_check_data.h"
 #include "src/istio/control/tcp/mock_report_data.h"
 
+using ::google::protobuf::TextFormat;
 using ::google::protobuf::util::Status;
 using ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes;
 using ::istio::mixer::v1::config::client::TcpClientConfig;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ using ::istio::mixerclient::DoneFunc;
 using ::istio::mixerclient::MixerClient;
 using ::istio::mixerclient::TransportCheckFunc;
 using ::istio::quota_config::Requirement;
+using ::istio::utils::LocalAttributes;
 
 using ::testing::_;
 using ::testing::Invoke;
@@ -38,6 +41,36 @@ namespace istio {
 namespace control {
 namespace tcp {
 
+namespace {
+// local inbound
+const char kLocalInbound[] = R"(
+attributes {
+  key: "destination.uid"
+  value {
+    string_value: "kubernetes://client-84469dc8d7-jbbxt.default"
+  }
+}
+)";
+
+const char kLocalOutbound[] = R"(
+attributes {
+  key: "source.uid"
+  value {
+    string_value: "kubernetes://client-84469dc8d7-jbbxt.default"
+  }
+}
+)";
+
+const char kLocalForward[] = R"(
+attributes {
+  key: "source.uid"
+  value {
+    string_value: "kubernetes://client-84469dc8d7-jbbxt.default"
+  }
+}
+)";
+}  // namespace
+
 class RequestHandlerImplTest : public ::testing::Test {
  public:
   void SetUp() {
@@ -50,9 +83,14 @@ class RequestHandlerImplTest : public ::testing::Test {
     quota->set_quota("quota");
     quota->set_charge(5);
 
+    LocalAttributes la;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(TextFormat::ParseFromString(kLocalInbound, &la.inbound));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(TextFormat::ParseFromString(kLocalOutbound, &la.outbound));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(TextFormat::ParseFromString(kLocalForward, &la.forward));
+
     mock_client_ = new ::testing::NiceMock<MockMixerClient>;
     client_context_ = std::make_shared<ClientContext>(
-        std::unique_ptr<MixerClient>(mock_client_), client_config_);
+        std::unique_ptr<MixerClient>(mock_client_), client_config_, false, la);
     controller_ =
         std::unique_ptr<Controller>(new ControllerImpl(client_context_));
   }
diff --git a/src/istio/utils/local_attributes.cc b/src/istio/utils/local_attributes.cc
index da1dfac87ce..3b209ea7f19 100644
--- a/src/istio/utils/local_attributes.cc
+++ b/src/istio/utils/local_attributes.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 namespace istio {
 namespace utils {
 
+namespace {
+const char kReporterOutbound[] = "outbound";
+}  // namespace
+
 // create Local attributes object and return a pointer to it.
 // Should be freed by the caller.
 void CreateLocalAttributes(const LocalNode& local,
@@ -49,5 +53,20 @@ bool SerializeForwardedAttributes(const LocalNode& local,
   return attributes.SerializeToString(serialized_forward_attributes);
 }
 
+// check if this listener is outbound based on "context.reporter.kind" attribute
+bool IsOutbound(const ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes& attributes) {
+  bool outbound = false;
+  const auto& attributes_map = attributes.attributes();
+  const auto it =
+      attributes_map.find(::istio::utils::AttributeName::kContextReporterKind);
+  if (it != attributes_map.end()) {
+    const ::istio::mixer::v1::Attributes_AttributeValue& value = it->second;
+    if (kReporterOutbound == value.string_value()) {
+      outbound = true;
+    }
+  }
+  return outbound;
+}
+
 }  // namespace utils
 }  // namespace istio