diff --git a/src/components/backend-core/src/microservice_proxy.rs b/src/components/backend-core/src/microservice_proxy.rs
index e7f1cd1a..139e45ba 100644
--- a/src/components/backend-core/src/microservice_proxy.rs
+++ b/src/components/backend-core/src/microservice_proxy.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ fn is_k3sctl_managed_microservice(service: &MicroserviceConfig) -> bool {
 
 fn can_direct_proxy_microservice(service: &MicroserviceConfig) -> bool {
     service.provider_id == "main-server"
+        || service.deployment.mode == "internal-sidecar"
+        || service.backend.proxy_mode == "cluster-service-http"
 }
 
 fn code_queue_mgr_internal_url() -> String {