diff --git a/test/integration/main.go b/test/integration/main.go
index 7a2865fd08..aa38029977 100644
--- a/test/integration/main.go
+++ b/test/integration/main.go
@@ -93,7 +93,14 @@ func KicDriver() bool {
 // NeedsPortForward returns access to endpoints with this driver needs port forwarding
 // (Docker on non-Linux platforms requires ports to be forwarded to 127.0.0.1)
 func NeedsPortForward() bool {
-	return KicDriver() && (runtime.GOOS == "windows" || runtime.GOOS == "darwin")
+	return KicDriver() && (runtime.GOOS == "windows" || runtime.GOOS == "darwin") || isMicrosoftWSL()
+}
+
+// isMicrosoftWSL will return true if process is running in WSL in windows
+// checking for WSL env var based on this https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/423#issuecomment-608237689
+// also based on https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/90a39ba0d49d75e9a4d7e62a6121ad946ecebc58/resources/win32/bin/code.sh#L24
+func isMicrosoftWSL() bool {
+	return os.Getenv("WSL_DISTRO_NAME") != "" || os.Getenv("WSLPATH") != "" || os.Getenv("WSLENV") != ""
 }
 
 // CanCleanup returns if cleanup is allowed