diff --git a/prow/cluster/jobs/istio/envoy/istio.envoy.release-1.8.gen.yaml b/prow/cluster/jobs/istio/envoy/istio.envoy.release-1.8.gen.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00be97a49c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prow/cluster/jobs/istio/envoy/istio.envoy.release-1.8.gen.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED. See prow/config/README.md
+presubmits:
+  istio/envoy:
+  - always_run: true
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: istio_release-1.8_envoy
+    branches:
+    - ^release-1.8$
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      timeout: 4h0m0s
+    name: test-asan_envoy_release-1.8
+    path_alias: istio.io/envoy
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - command:
+        - ./ci/do_ci.sh
+        - bazel.asan
+        env:
+        - name: BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+          value: --local_ram_resources=131072 --local_cpu_resources=42 --test_env=ENVOY_IP_TEST_VERSIONS=v4only
+            --flaky_test_attempts=9
+        - name: ENVOY_SRCDIR
+          value: /home/prow/go/src/istio.io/envoy
+        image: envoyproxy/envoy-build-ubuntu:f21773ab398a879f976936f72c78c9dd3718ca1e
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: "64"
+            ephemeral-storage: 1790G
+            memory: 240G
+          requests:
+            cpu: "48"
+            ephemeral-storage: 1500G
+            memory: 180G
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /home/prow/go/pkg
+          name: build-cache
+          subPath: gomod
+      nodeSelector:
+        testing: build-pool
+      volumes:
+      - hostPath:
+          path: /tmp/prow/cache
+          type: DirectoryOrCreate
+        name: build-cache
+  - always_run: true
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: istio_release-1.8_envoy
+    branches:
+    - ^release-1.8$
+    decorate: true
+    name: test-tsan_envoy_release-1.8
+    path_alias: istio.io/envoy
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - command:
+        - ./ci/do_ci.sh
+        - bazel.tsan
+        env:
+        - name: BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+          value: --local_ram_resources=131072 --local_cpu_resources=42 --test_env=ENVOY_IP_TEST_VERSIONS=v4only
+            --flaky_test_attempts=9
+        - name: ENVOY_SRCDIR
+          value: /home/prow/go/src/istio.io/envoy
+        image: envoyproxy/envoy-build-ubuntu:f21773ab398a879f976936f72c78c9dd3718ca1e
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: "64"
+            ephemeral-storage: 1790G
+            memory: 240G
+          requests:
+            cpu: "48"
+            ephemeral-storage: 1500G
+            memory: 180G
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /home/prow/go/pkg
+          name: build-cache
+          subPath: gomod
+      nodeSelector:
+        testing: build-pool
+      volumes:
+      - hostPath:
+          path: /tmp/prow/cache
+          type: DirectoryOrCreate
+        name: build-cache
+  - always_run: true
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: istio_release-1.8_envoy
+    branches:
+    - ^release-1.8$
+    decorate: true
+    name: test-release_envoy_release-1.8
+    path_alias: istio.io/envoy
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - command:
+        - ./ci/do_ci.sh
+        - bazel.release
+        env:
+        - name: BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+          value: --local_ram_resources=131072 --local_cpu_resources=42 --test_env=ENVOY_IP_TEST_VERSIONS=v4only
+            --flaky_test_attempts=9
+        - name: ENVOY_SRCDIR
+          value: /home/prow/go/src/istio.io/envoy
+        image: envoyproxy/envoy-build-ubuntu:f21773ab398a879f976936f72c78c9dd3718ca1e
+        name: ""
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: "64"
+            ephemeral-storage: 1790G
+            memory: 240G
+          requests:
+            cpu: "48"
+            ephemeral-storage: 1500G
+            memory: 180G
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /home/prow/go/pkg
+          name: build-cache
+          subPath: gomod
+      nodeSelector:
+        testing: build-pool
+      volumes:
+      - hostPath:
+          path: /tmp/prow/cache
+          type: DirectoryOrCreate
+        name: build-cache
diff --git a/prow/config/jobs/envoy-1.8.yaml b/prow/config/jobs/envoy-1.8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89a2e91bc4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prow/config/jobs/envoy-1.8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+org: istio
+repo: envoy
+branches: [release-1.8]
+image: envoyproxy/envoy-build-ubuntu:f21773ab398a879f976936f72c78c9dd3718ca1e
+node_selector:
+  testing: build-pool
+
+jobs:
+- name: test-asan
+  type: presubmit
+  env:
+  - name: BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+    value: "--local_ram_resources=131072 --local_cpu_resources=42 --test_env=ENVOY_IP_TEST_VERSIONS=v4only --flaky_test_attempts=9"
+  - name: ENVOY_SRCDIR
+    value: "/home/prow/go/src/istio.io/envoy"
+  command: [./ci/do_ci.sh, bazel.asan]
+  timeout: 4h0m0s
+
+- name: test-tsan
+  type: presubmit
+  env:
+  - name: BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+    value: "--local_ram_resources=131072 --local_cpu_resources=42 --test_env=ENVOY_IP_TEST_VERSIONS=v4only --flaky_test_attempts=9"
+  - name: ENVOY_SRCDIR
+    value: "/home/prow/go/src/istio.io/envoy"
+  command: [./ci/do_ci.sh, bazel.tsan]
+
+- name: test-release
+  type: presubmit
+  env:
+  - name: BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+    value: "--local_ram_resources=131072 --local_cpu_resources=42 --test_env=ENVOY_IP_TEST_VERSIONS=v4only --flaky_test_attempts=9"
+  - name: ENVOY_SRCDIR
+    value: "/home/prow/go/src/istio.io/envoy"
+  command: [./ci/do_ci.sh, bazel.release]
+
+resources:
+  default:
+    requests:
+      memory: "180G"
+      cpu: "48"
+      ephemeral-storage: "1500G"
+    limits:
+      memory: "240G"
+      cpu: "64"
+      ephemeral-storage: "1790G"
diff --git a/testgrid/default.yaml b/testgrid/default.yaml
index c82977dbcdb..bfe8e815b62 100644
--- a/testgrid/default.yaml
+++ b/testgrid/default.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ dashboards:
 - name: istio_proxy
 - name: istio_proxy_postsubmit
 
+- name: istio_release-1.8_envoy
+
 - name: istio_release-1.7_istio
 - name: istio_release-1.7_api
 - name: istio_release-1.7_client-go
@@ -113,6 +115,10 @@ dashboards:
 
 # Group all dashboards
 dashboard_groups:
+- name: istio_release-1.8
+  dashboard_names:
+  - istio_release-1.8_envoy
+
 - name: istio_release-1.7
   dashboard_names:
   - istio_release-1.7_istio_postsubmit