diff --git a/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/gateway/delegated.go b/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/gateway/delegated.go
index 27e874a8a205..59efaeae7495 100644
--- a/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/gateway/delegated.go
+++ b/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/gateway/delegated.go
@@ -96,7 +96,53 @@ spec:
 		kicIP, err := kic.From(kubernetes.Cluster).IP(config.Namespace)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 		config.KicIP = kicIP
+=======
+				config.KicIP = kicIP
+				Expect(DeleteMeshResources(
+					kubernetes.Cluster,
+					config.Mesh,
+					mcb_api.MeshCircuitBreakerResourceTypeDescriptor,
+					mt_api.MeshTimeoutResourceTypeDescriptor,
+					mr_api.MeshRetryResourceTypeDescriptor,
+				)).To(Succeed())
+			})
+
+			E2EAfterAll(func() {
+				Expect(kubernetes.Cluster.TriggerDeleteNamespace(config.Namespace)).
+					To(Succeed())
+				Expect(kubernetes.Cluster.TriggerDeleteNamespace(config.NamespaceOutsideMesh)).
+					To(Succeed())
+				Expect(kubernetes.Cluster.DeleteMesh(config.Mesh)).To(Succeed())
+				Expect(kubernetes.Cluster.DeleteDeployment(config.ObservabilityDeploymentName)).
+					To(Succeed())
+			})
+
+			// If you copy the test case from a non-gateway test or create a new test,
+			// remember the the name of policies needs to be unique.
+			// If they have the same name, one might override the other, causing a flake.
+			for policyName, test := range testMatrix {
+				Context(policyName, test)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	contextFor("delegated with kuma.io/service", &config, map[string]func(){
+		"MeshCircuitBreaker":        delegated.CircuitBreaker(&config),
+		"MeshProxyPatch":            delegated.MeshProxyPatch(&config),
+		"MeshHealthCheck":           delegated.MeshHealthCheck(&config),
+		"MeshRetry":                 delegated.MeshRetry(&config),
+		"MeshHTTPRoute":             delegated.MeshHTTPRoute(&config),
+		"MeshTimeout":               delegated.MeshTimeout(&config),
+		"MeshMetric":                delegated.MeshMetric(&config),
+		"MeshTrace":                 delegated.MeshTrace(&config),
+		"MeshLoadBalancingStrategy": delegated.MeshLoadBalancingStrategy(&config),
+		"MeshAccessLog":             delegated.MeshAccessLog(&config),
+		"MeshPassthrough":           delegated.MeshPassthrough(&config),
+		// Matcher for from policy doesn't work for delegated gateway https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/issues/12107
+		// "MeshTLS":                   delegated.MeshTLS(&config),
+>>>>>>> c542d022d (test(e2e): disable meshmtls test with delegated gateway (#12108))
 	})
 
 	E2EAfterAll(func() {
diff --git a/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/gateway/delegated/meshtls.go b/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/gateway/delegated/meshtls.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa3b85595238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e_env/kubernetes/gateway/delegated/meshtls.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package delegated
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	"github.com/kumahq/kuma/pkg/plugins/policies/meshtls/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/kumahq/kuma/test/framework"
+	"github.com/kumahq/kuma/test/framework/client"
+	"github.com/kumahq/kuma/test/framework/envs/kubernetes"
+)
+
+func MeshTLS(config *Config) func() {
+	GinkgoHelper()
+
+	return func() {
+		meshTls := fmt.Sprintf(`
+apiVersion: kuma.io/v1alpha1
+kind: MeshTLS
+metadata:
+  name: meshtls-delegated
+  namespace: %s
+  labels:
+    kuma.io/mesh: %s
+spec:
+  targetRef:
+    kind: Mesh
+  from:
+    - targetRef:
+        kind: Mesh
+      default:
+        tlsVersion:
+          min: TLS13
+          max: TLS13`, config.CpNamespace, config.Mesh)
+
+		framework.AfterEachFailure(func() {
+			framework.DebugKube(kubernetes.Cluster, config.Mesh, config.Namespace, config.ObservabilityDeploymentName)
+		})
+
+		framework.E2EAfterEach(func() {
+			Expect(framework.DeleteMeshResources(
+				kubernetes.Cluster,
+				config.Mesh,
+				v1alpha1.MeshTLSResourceTypeDescriptor,
+			)).To(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		XIt("should not break communication once switched to TLS 1.3", func() {
+			// check that communication to test-server works
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				_, err := client.CollectEchoResponse(
+					kubernetes.Cluster,
+					"demo-client",
+					fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/test-server", config.KicIP),
+					client.FromKubernetesPod(config.NamespaceOutsideMesh, "demo-client"),
+				)
+				g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			}, "30s", "1s", MustPassRepeatedly(5)).Should(Succeed())
+
+			// change TLS version to 1.3
+			Expect(framework.YamlK8s(meshTls)(kubernetes.Cluster)).To(Succeed())
+
+			// check that communication to test-server works
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				_, err := client.CollectEchoResponse(
+					kubernetes.Cluster,
+					"demo-client",
+					fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/test-server", config.KicIP),
+					client.FromKubernetesPod(config.NamespaceOutsideMesh, "demo-client"),
+				)
+				g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			}, "30s", "1s", MustPassRepeatedly(5)).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+	}
+}