diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/aws-setup/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/aws-setup/output.golden
index 7b6a2fcfa2ba3b..2280f94fca2572 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/aws-setup/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/aws-setup/output.golden
@@ -1458,6 +1458,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/azure-setup/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/azure-setup/output.golden
index c5c14dabea0935..154e24a6af93ed 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/azure-setup/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/azure-setup/output.golden
@@ -1415,6 +1415,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/customization/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/customization/output.golden
index 7138d7dbcc8801..9478d6005dade6 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/customization/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/customization/output.golden
@@ -1672,6 +1672,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/external-registry/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/external-registry/output.golden
index 59e9d2e9182619..64ca01846a82f1 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/external-registry/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/external-registry/output.golden
@@ -1462,6 +1462,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/gcp-setup/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/gcp-setup/output.golden
index 35c9ac5df7eb39..545ea2cbca7e5e 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/gcp-setup/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/gcp-setup/output.golden
@@ -1393,6 +1393,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/http-proxy/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/http-proxy/output.golden
index c3122edad7755d..84958800fb18f0 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/http-proxy/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/http-proxy/output.golden
@@ -1531,6 +1531,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/insecure-s3-setup/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/insecure-s3-setup/output.golden
index 5462f07acf942c..ccc93e262d1c90 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/insecure-s3-setup/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/insecure-s3-setup/output.golden
@@ -1502,6 +1502,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/minimal/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/minimal/output.golden
index e21caa8bfac291..61eb7925790e7a 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/minimal/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/minimal/output.golden
@@ -1528,6 +1528,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/shortname/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/shortname/output.golden
index 48e8030f70d9c1..30838cfb6b1bdd 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/shortname/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/shortname/output.golden
@@ -1528,6 +1528,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/statefulset-customization/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/statefulset-customization/output.golden
index c98c5fd5065079..0c4345c05e84ee 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/statefulset-customization/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/statefulset-customization/output.golden
@@ -1540,6 +1540,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/use-pod-security-policies/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/use-pod-security-policies/output.golden
index 76be9744730151..d96b7aaba405ec 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/use-pod-security-policies/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/use-pod-security-policies/output.golden
@@ -1750,6 +1750,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/versions.yaml b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/versions.yaml
index c035d6365ef281..79a7cd664bdf93 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/versions.yaml
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/versions.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ components:
     version: test
   serviceWaiter:
     version: test
+  toxic-config:
+    version: test
   usage:
     version: test
   workspace:
diff --git a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/workspace-requests-limits/output.golden b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/workspace-requests-limits/output.golden
index 2b79488fb487f1..028293acbe3339 100644
--- a/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/workspace-requests-limits/output.golden
+++ b/install/installer/cmd/testdata/render/workspace-requests-limits/output.golden
@@ -1531,6 +1531,9 @@ data:
           "serviceWaiter": {
             "version": "test"
           },
+          "toxic-config": {
+            "version": "test"
+          },
           "usage": {
             "version": "test"
           },
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/configmap.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/configmap.go
index 6dbbbb0a2e1adc..c6675538680386 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/configmap.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/configmap.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	proxyName      = "mysql"
 	configFilename = "toxiproxy.json"
 )
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func configmap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 
 	txcfg := []ToxiproxyConfig{
 		{
-			Name:     "mysql",
+			Name:     proxyName,
 			Listen:   fmt.Sprintf("[::]:%d", dbPort),
 			Upstream: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", dbHost, dbPort),
 			Enabled:  true,
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/constants.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/constants.go
index 257d0679bd0bbe..861ebb7bda569f 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/constants.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/constants.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package toxiproxy
 
 const (
 	Component               = "toxiproxy"
+	ConfigComponent         = "toxic-config"
 	HttpPortName            = "http"
 	HttpContainerPort       = 8474
 	HttpServicePort         = 8474
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/deployment.go
index 8b186a6ae3e0b3..37177e9f664a65 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/deployment.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package toxiproxy
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/installer/pkg/cluster"
@@ -102,6 +103,15 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							},
 							Env:          common.CustomizeEnvvar(ctx, Component, common.MergeEnv(common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config))),
 							VolumeMounts: volumeMounts,
+						}, {
+							Name:  "toxic-config",
+							Image: ctx.ImageName(ctx.Config.Repository, ConfigComponent, ctx.VersionManifest.Components.ToxicConfig.Version),
+							Args: []string{
+								fmt.Sprintf("--proxy=%s", proxyName),
+								"--latency=1000",
+								"--jitter=250",
+								"--wait=true",
+							},
 						},
 							*common.KubeRBACProxyContainerWithConfig(ctx),
 						},
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/objects_test.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/objects_test.go
index 5b7c8e4d9c1b0f..87b556b479f488 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/objects_test.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/toxiproxy/objects_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ func renderContextWithSlowDatabaseEnabled(t *testing.T) *common.RenderContext {
 				SlowDatabase: true,
 			},
 		},
-	}, versions.Manifest{}, "test-namespace")
+	}, versions.Manifest{
+		Version:    "test",
+		Components: versions.Components{ToxicConfig: versions.Versioned{Version: "test"}},
+	}, "test-namespace")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	return ctx
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/config/versions/versions.go b/install/installer/pkg/config/versions/versions.go
index d15389bb4d2c47..ccdf427a4b934f 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/config/versions/versions.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/config/versions/versions.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type Components struct {
 	RegistryFacade        Versioned `json:"registryFacade"`
 	Server                Versioned `json:"server"`
 	ServiceWaiter         Versioned `json:"serviceWaiter"`
+	ToxicConfig           Versioned `json:"toxic-config"`
 	Usage                 Versioned `json:"usage"`
 	Workspace             struct {
 		CodeImage        Versioned `json:"codeImage"`