diff --git a/pkg/network/network.go b/pkg/network/network.go
index f696362a15d0..0a81ac8d9ed8 100644
--- a/pkg/network/network.go
+++ b/pkg/network/network.go
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ var (
 	// that specifies enabling auto-TLS or not.
 	AutoTLSKey = "autoTLS"
 
+	// CheckExistingCertsKey is the name of the configuration entry
+	// that specifies creation of TLS entries in gateway with existing secrets.
+	CheckExistingCertsKey = "checkExistingCerts"
+
 	// HTTPProtocolKey is the name of the configuration entry that
 	// specifies the HTTP endpoint behavior of Knative ingress.
 	HTTPProtocolKey = "httpProtocol"
@@ -153,6 +157,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	// AutoTLS specifies if auto-TLS is enabled or not.
 	AutoTLS bool
 
+	CheckExistingCerts bool
+
 	// HTTPProtocol specifics the behavior of HTTP endpoint of Knative
 	// ingress.
 	HTTPProtocol HTTPProtocol
@@ -248,6 +254,8 @@ func NewConfigFromConfigMap(configMap *corev1.ConfigMap) (*Config, error) {
 
 	nc.AutoTLS = strings.ToLower(configMap.Data[AutoTLSKey]) == "enabled"
 
+	nc.CheckExistingCerts = strings.ToLower(configMap.Data[CheckExistingCertsKey]) == "enabled"
+
 	switch strings.ToLower(configMap.Data[HTTPProtocolKey]) {
 	case string(HTTPEnabled):
 		nc.HTTPProtocol = HTTPEnabled
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/clusteringress.go b/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/clusteringress.go
index 7d647a738052..9c938dae3ab8 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/clusteringress.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/clusteringress.go
@@ -177,6 +177,36 @@ func (c *Reconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, ci *v1alpha1.ClusterIngress)
 	ci.Status.MarkLoadBalancerReady(getLBStatus(gatewayServiceURLFromContext(ctx, ci)))
 	ci.Status.ObservedGeneration = ci.Generation
 
+	if checkExistingCerts(ctx) {
+
+		// Add the finalizer before adding `Servers` into Gateway so that we can be sure
+		// the `Servers` get cleaned up from Gateway.
+		if err := c.ensureFinalizer(ci); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// This works under the assumption the secrets/certs exist under istio-system namespace
+		secrets, err := resources.GetClusterIngressHostSecrets(ci, c.secretLister, "istio-system")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, gatewayName := range gatewayNames {
+			ns, err := resources.GatewayServiceNamespace(config.FromContext(ctx).Istio.IngressGateways, gatewayName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			desired, err := resources.MakeServersFromExistingCerts(ci, ns, secrets)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := c.reconcileGateway(ctx, ci, gatewayName, desired); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	if enablesAutoTLS(ctx) {
 		if !ci.IsPublic() {
 			logger.Infof("ClusterIngress %s is not public. So no need to configure TLS.", ci.Name)
@@ -222,6 +252,10 @@ func enablesAutoTLS(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	return config.FromContext(ctx).Network.AutoTLS
 }
 
+func checkExistingCerts(ctx context.Context) bool {
+	return config.FromContext(ctx).Network.CheckExistingCerts
+}
+
 func getLBStatus(gatewayServiceURL string) []v1alpha1.LoadBalancerIngressStatus {
 	// The ClusterIngress isn't load-balanced by any particular
 	// Service, but through a Service mesh.
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/resources/gateway.go b/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/resources/gateway.go
index 03979deb51f2..18f84762692e 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/resources/gateway.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/resources/gateway.go
@@ -118,6 +118,30 @@ func MakeServers(ci *v1alpha1.ClusterIngress, gatewayServiceNamespace string, or
 	return SortServers(servers), nil
 }
 
+// MakeServersFromExistingCerts creates the expected Gateway Servers that are referenced by the ClusterIngree.
+// This method builds these Servers with manually added secrets instead of AutoTLS created ones.
+func MakeServersFromExistingCerts(ci *v1alpha1.ClusterIngress, gatewayServiceNamespace string, originSecrets map[string]*corev1.Secret) ([]v1alpha3.Server, error) {
+	servers := []v1alpha3.Server{}
+	for i, rules := range ci.Spec.Rules {
+		// Replace first part of fqdn with wildcard to be used as the Hosts field.
+		credName = rules.Hosts[0]
+		hostname := []string{"*" + credName[strings.Index(credName, "."):len(credName)]}
+		servers = append(servers, v1alpha3.Server{
+			Hosts: hostname,
+			Port: v1alpha3.Port{
+				Name:     fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ci.Name, i),
+				Number:   443,
+				Protocol: v1alpha3.ProtocolHTTPS,
+			},
+			TLS: &v1alpha3.TLSOptions{
+				Mode:           v1alpha3.TLSModeMutual,
+				CredentialName: credName,
+			},
+		})
+	}
+	return SortServers(servers), nil
+}
+
 // MakeHTTPServer creates a HTTP Gateway `Server` based on the HTTPProtocol
 // configureation.
 func MakeHTTPServer(httpProtocol network.HTTPProtocol) *v1alpha3.Server {
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/resources/secret.go b/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/resources/secret.go
index 174866089e98..92bbc3bc69eb 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/resources/secret.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/clusteringress/resources/secret.go
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ func GetSecrets(ci *v1alpha1.ClusterIngress, secretLister corev1listers.SecretLi
 	return secrets, nil
 }
 
+// GetClusterIngressHostSecrets gets the secrets whose name matches the host listed in the given ClusterIngress.
+func GetClusterIngressHostSecrets(ci *v1alpha1.ClusterIngress, secretLister corev1listers.SecretLister, ns string) (map[string]*corev1.Secret, error) {
+
+	secrets := map[string]*corev1.Secret{}
+	var host = ci.Spec.Rules[0].Hosts[0]
+	secret, err := secretLister.Secrets(ns).Get(host)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ref := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", ns, host)
+	secrets[ref] = secret
+
+	return secrets, nil
+}
+
 // MakeSecrets makes copies of the origin Secrets under the namespace of Istio gateway service.
 func MakeSecrets(ctx context.Context, originSecrets map[string]*corev1.Secret, ci *v1alpha1.ClusterIngress) []*corev1.Secret {
 	gatewaySvcNamespaces := getAllGatewaySvcNamespaces(ctx)