diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/crd-servicerouters.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/crd-servicerouters.yaml
index 786054dc46..b28281dbb8 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/crd-servicerouters.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/crd-servicerouters.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ spec:
                       description: Destination controls how to proxy the matching
                         request(s) to a service.
                       properties:
+                        idleTimeout:
+                          description: IdleTimeout is total amount of time permitted
+                            for the request stream to be idle.
+                          type: string
                         namespace:
                           description: Namespace is the Consul namespace to resolve
                             the service from instead of the current namespace. If
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types.go
index 34486289c6..48bcf065be 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types.go
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ type ServiceRouteDestination struct {
 	// This requires that either match.http.pathPrefix or match.http.pathExact
 	// be configured on this route.
 	PrefixRewrite string `json:"prefixRewrite,omitempty"`
+	// IdleTimeout is total amount of time permitted
+	// for the request stream to be idle.
+	IdleTimeout metav1.Duration `json:"idleTimeout,omitempty"`
 	// RequestTimeout is the total amount of time permitted for the entire
 	// downstream request (and retries) to be processed.
 	IdleTimeout metav1.Duration `json:"idleTimeout,omitempty"`
@@ -340,6 +343,7 @@ func (in *ServiceRouteDestination) toConsul() *capi.ServiceRouteDestination {
 		Namespace:             in.Namespace,
 		Partition:             in.Partition,
 		PrefixRewrite:         in.PrefixRewrite,
+		IdleTimeout:           in.IdleTimeout.Duration,
 		RequestTimeout:        in.RequestTimeout.Duration,
 		NumRetries:            in.NumRetries,
 		RetryOnConnectFailure: in.RetryOnConnectFailure,
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types_test.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types_test.go
index d0919871ce..653bdc26c1 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/servicerouter_types_test.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func TestServiceRouter_MatchesConsul(t *testing.T) {
 								ServiceSubset:         "serviceSubset",
 								Namespace:             "namespace",
 								PrefixRewrite:         "prefixRewrite",
+								IdleTimeout:           metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Second},
 								RequestTimeout:        metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Second},
 								NumRetries:            1,
 								RetryOnConnectFailure: true,
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ func TestServiceRouter_MatchesConsul(t *testing.T) {
 							ServiceSubset:         "serviceSubset",
 							Namespace:             "namespace",
 							PrefixRewrite:         "prefixRewrite",
+							IdleTimeout:           1 * time.Second,
 							RequestTimeout:        1 * time.Second,
 							NumRetries:            1,
 							RetryOnConnectFailure: true,
@@ -283,6 +285,7 @@ func TestServiceRouter_ToConsul(t *testing.T) {
 								ServiceSubset:         "serviceSubset",
 								Namespace:             "namespace",
 								PrefixRewrite:         "prefixRewrite",
+								IdleTimeout:           metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Second},
 								RequestTimeout:        metav1.Duration{Duration: 1 * time.Second},
 								NumRetries:            1,
 								RetryOnConnectFailure: true,
@@ -359,6 +362,7 @@ func TestServiceRouter_ToConsul(t *testing.T) {
 							ServiceSubset:         "serviceSubset",
 							Namespace:             "namespace",
 							PrefixRewrite:         "prefixRewrite",
+							IdleTimeout:           1 * time.Second,
 							RequestTimeout:        1 * time.Second,
 							NumRetries:            1,
 							RetryOnConnectFailure: true,
@@ -717,7 +721,7 @@ func TestServiceRouter_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			namespacesEnabled: false,
 			expectedErrMsgs: []string{
-				`servicerouter.consul.hashicorp.com "foo" is invalid: spec.routes[0]: Invalid value: "{\"match\":{\"http\":{}},\"destination\":{\"prefixRewrite\":\"prefixRewrite\",\"requestTimeout\":\"0s\"}}": destination.prefixRewrite requires that either match.http.pathPrefix or match.http.pathExact be configured on this route`,
+				`servicerouter.consul.hashicorp.com "foo" is invalid: spec.routes[0]: Invalid value: "{\"match\":{\"http\":{}},\"destination\":{\"prefixRewrite\":\"prefixRewrite\",\"idleTimeout\":\"0s\",\"requestTimeout\":\"0s\"}}": destination.prefixRewrite requires that either match.http.pathPrefix or match.http.pathExact be configured on this route`,
 			},
 		},
 		"namespaces disabled: single destination namespace specified": {
diff --git a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index cedd78a1e5..330526701c 100644
--- a/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/control-plane/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1947,6 +1947,7 @@ func (in *ServiceRoute) DeepCopy() *ServiceRoute {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *ServiceRouteDestination) DeepCopyInto(out *ServiceRouteDestination) {
 	*out = *in
+	out.IdleTimeout = in.IdleTimeout
 	out.RequestTimeout = in.RequestTimeout
 	if in.RetryOnStatusCodes != nil {
 		in, out := &in.RetryOnStatusCodes, &out.RetryOnStatusCodes