diff --git a/pkg/extdataservice/client.go b/pkg/extdataservice/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dffdd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/extdataservice/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package extdataservice
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/admission/v1"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	Endpoint = "/"
+)
+
+type ExtDataClient struct {
+	client *http.Client
+	url    *url.URL
+}
+
+func NewClient(apiUrl string, tlsConfig *tls.Config) (*ExtDataClient, error) {
+	parsedApiUrl, err := url.Parse(apiUrl)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// Code path won't execute for localhost/sidecar call
+	if needsTLS(parsedApiUrl) && tlsConfig != nil {
+		return &ExtDataClient{client: &http.Client{
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				TLSClientConfig: tlsConfig,
+				TLSNextProto:    nil,
+			}}, url: parsedApiUrl}, nil
+	}
+	return &ExtDataClient{client: &http.Client{}, url: parsedApiUrl}, nil
+}
+
+type ExtDataResponse struct {
+	Annotations map[string]string
+}
+
+type ExtDataRequest struct {
+	AdmissionReview v1.AdmissionReview
+}
+
+func (c *ExtDataClient) FetchExtData(request *ExtDataRequest) (*ExtDataResponse, error) {
+	requestBody, err := json.Marshal(request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error encoding request payload: %v", err)
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", c.url.String()+Endpoint, bytes.NewBuffer(requestBody))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating request: %v", err)
+	}
+	resp, err := c.client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error sending request: %v", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error failed with status code %v", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	var extAnnotationResponse ExtDataResponse
+	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&extAnnotationResponse)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error decoding response: %v", err)
+	}
+	return &extAnnotationResponse, nil
+}
+
+func needsTLS(apiUrl *url.URL) bool {
+	if !isLocalhost(apiUrl) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func isLocalhost(u *url.URL) bool {
+	// Split the Host into host and port
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(u.Host)
+	if err != nil {
+		// If SplitHostPort fails, it might not have a port
+		host = u.Host
+	}
+
+	// Convert host to lowercase for case-insensitive comparison
+	host = strings.ToLower(host)
+
+	// Check if it's localhost or an IP loopback address
+	return host == "localhost" || host == "127.0.0.1" || host == "::1"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/injectionwebhook/config/config.go b/pkg/injectionwebhook/config/config.go
index 69ecb1d..fe83af9 100644
--- a/pkg/injectionwebhook/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/injectionwebhook/config/config.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type WebhookConfig struct {
 	CaFilePath         string `long:"ca-file-path" required:"false" description:"file containing the CA cert"`
 	SidecarConfigFile  string `long:"sidecar-config-file" required:"true" description:"file containing the sidecar container configuration"`
 	MutationConfigFile string `long:"mutation-config-file" required:"true" description:"file containing the mutation configuration"`
+	ExtDataUrl         string `long:"ext-annotation-gen" required:"false" description:"url for fetching external data"`
 	BuildInfoLabels    string `long:"build-info-labels" required:"false" description:"additional build info metric labels"`
 
 	// Flag to permit fallback to old, insecure TLS configurations.
diff --git a/pkg/injectionwebhook/webhook.go b/pkg/injectionwebhook/webhook.go
index 25689dc..99179cc 100644
--- a/pkg/injectionwebhook/webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/injectionwebhook/webhook.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/salesforce/generic-sidecar-injector/pkg/extdataservice"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ type WebhookServer struct {
 	sidecarConfigTemplate *template.Template
 	mutatingConfig        *mutationconfig.MutationConfigs
 	certificateReloader   util.CertificateReloader
+	extDataClient         *extdataservice.ExtDataClient
 }
 
 // NewWebhookServer is a constructor for webhookServer
@@ -122,9 +124,30 @@ func (whsvr *WebhookServer) mutate(ar *v1.AdmissionReview) (admissionResponse *v
 	glog.Errorf("api=mutate, message=new AdmissionReview, Kind=%v, Namespace=%v, Name=%v (%v), UID=%v, patchOperation=%v, UserInfo=%v",
 		req.Kind, req.Namespace, req.Name, pod.Name, req.UID, req.Operation, req.UserInfo)
 
+	renderTemplateAnnotations := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, v := range pod.Annotations {
+		renderTemplateAnnotations[k] = v
+	}
+	if whsvr.extDataClient != nil {
+		extDataResponse, err := whsvr.extDataClient.FetchExtData(&extdataservice.ExtDataRequest{AdmissionReview: *ar})
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("api=mutate, reason=extAnnotationClient, message=error fetching ext annotations, err=%v", err)
+			return &v1.AdmissionResponse{
+				Result: &metav1.Status{
+					Message: err.Error(),
+				},
+			}, nil
+		}
+		// Will override actual pod annotation if exists with same key
+		for k, v := range extDataResponse.Annotations {
+			renderTemplateAnnotations[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
 	sidecarConfig, err := sidecarconfig.RenderTemplate(corev1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Annotations: pod.Annotations,
+			Labels:      pod.Labels,
+			Annotations: renderTemplateAnnotations,
 		},
 		Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 			ServiceAccountName: pod.Spec.ServiceAccountName,
@@ -313,6 +336,15 @@ func (whsvr *WebhookServer) Start() (chan bool, chan bool, error) {
 	}
 	whsvr.tlsServer.Handler = router
 
+	if whsvr.config.ExtDataUrl != "" {
+		extDataClient, err := extdataservice.NewClient(whsvr.config.ExtDataUrl, tlsConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("api=Start, reason=extdataservice.NewClient, url=%v, err=%v", whsvr.config.ExtDataUrl, err)
+			return nil, nil, errors.Errorf("api=Start, reason=extdataservice.NewClient, url=%v, err=%v", whsvr.config.ExtDataUrl, err)
+		}
+		whsvr.extDataClient = extDataClient
+	}
+
 	// Channel to indicate when the server stopped listening for some reason
 	doneListeningTLSChannel := make(chan bool)
 
diff --git a/sidecarinjector b/sidecarinjector
index 1d4d566..968c173 100755
Binary files a/sidecarinjector and b/sidecarinjector differ