diff --git a/changelog/v1.17.22/fix-gwp-fips-distroless.yaml b/changelog/v1.17.22/fix-gwp-fips-distroless.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e34746f5d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/v1.17.22/fix-gwp-fips-distroless.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+changelog:
+- type: FIX
+  issueLink: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo/issues/10602
+  resolvesIssue: false
+  description: Fixes the gateway params image to respect the fips and distroless variants specified by global.image.variant. This only applies to the kubernetes gateway proxy.
diff --git a/install/helm/gloo/templates/_gg-helpers.tpl b/install/helm/gloo/templates/_gg-helpers.tpl
index 2a5241a76c2..55095a5a401 100644
--- a/install/helm/gloo/templates/_gg-helpers.tpl
+++ b/install/helm/gloo/templates/_gg-helpers.tpl
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ Images valid for the GatewayParameters
 ref Image api in projects/gateway2/api/v1alpha1/kube/container.proto
 */}}
 {{- define "gloo-gateway.gatewayParametersImage" -}}
-{{- $image := . -}}
+{{ $image := . }}
 {{- if $image.registry }}
 registry: {{ $image.registry }}
 {{- end -}}{{/* if $image.registry */}}
 {{- if $image.repository }}
-repository: {{ $image.repository }}
+repository: {{ template "gloo.image.repository" $image }}
 {{- end -}}{{/* if $image.repository */}}
 {{- if $image.tag }}
-tag: {{ $image.tag }}
+tag: {{ template "gloo.image.tag" $image }}
 {{- end -}}{{/* if $image.tag */}}
 {{- if $image.digest }}
-digest: {{ $image.digest }}
+digest: {{ template "gloo.image.digest" $image }}
 {{- end -}}{{/* if $image.digest */}}
 {{- if $image.pullPolicy }}
 pullPolicy: {{ $image.pullPolicy }}
diff --git a/install/helm/gloo/templates/_helpers.tpl b/install/helm/gloo/templates/_helpers.tpl
index af7bf19e4b8..cfb9454252a 100644
--- a/install/helm/gloo/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/install/helm/gloo/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -25,59 +25,75 @@ ClusterRole
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
-{{/*
-Construct a container image name from a registry, repository, tag, and digest.
-*/}}
-{{- define "gloo.image" -}}
-{{- $image := printf "%s/%s" .registry .repository -}}
-
+{{- define "gloo.image.repository" -}}
 {{- /*
 for fips or fips-distroless variants: add -fips to the image repo (name)
 */ -}}
+{{- if .repository -}}
+{{- $repository := .repository -}}
 {{- if or .fips (has .variant (list "fips" "fips-distroless")) -}}
 {{- $fipsSupportedImages := list "gloo-ee" "extauth-ee" "gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper" "rate-limit-ee" "discovery-ee" "sds-ee" -}}
 {{- if (has .repository $fipsSupportedImages) -}}
-{{- $image = printf "%s-fips" $image -}}
+{{- $repository = printf "%s-fips" $repository -}}
 {{- end -}}{{- /* if (has .repository $fipsSupportedImages) */ -}}
 {{- end -}}{{- /* if or .fips (has .variant (list "fips" "fips-distroless")) */ -}}
+{{ $repository }}
+{{- end -}}{{- /* if .repository */ -}}
+{{- end -}}{{- /* define "gloo.image.repository" */ -}}
 
-{{- /*
-add tag, if it exists
-*/ -}}
+{{- define "gloo.image.tag" -}}
 {{- if .tag -}}
-{{- $image = printf "%s:%s" $image .tag -}}
-{{- end -}}{{- /* if .tag */ -}}
-
+{{- $tag := .tag -}}
 {{- /*
 for distroless or fips-distroless variants: add -distroless to the tag
 */ -}}
 {{- if and .tag (has .variant (list "distroless" "fips-distroless")) -}}
 {{- $distrolessSupportedImages := list "gloo" "gloo-envoy-wrapper" "discovery" "sds" "certgen" "kubectl" "access-logger" "ingress" "gloo-ee" "extauth-ee" "gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper" "rate-limit-ee" "discovery-ee" "sds-ee" "observability-ee" "caching-ee" -}}
 {{- if (has .repository $distrolessSupportedImages) -}}
-{{- $image = printf "%s-distroless" $image -}} {{- /* Add distroless suffix to the tag since it contains the same binaries in a different container */ -}}
+{{- $tag = printf "%s-distroless" $tag -}} {{- /* Add distroless suffix to the tag since it contains the same binaries in a different container */ -}}
 {{- end -}}{{- /* if (has .repository $distrolessSupportedImages) */ -}}
 {{- end -}}{{- /* if and .tag (has .variant (list "distroless" "fips-distroless")) */ -}}
+{{ $tag }}
+{{- end -}}{{- /* if .tag */ -}}
+{{- end -}}{{- /* define "gloo.image.tag" */ -}}
 
-{{- /*
-add digest for the chosen variant, if it exists
-*/ -}}
+{{- define "gloo.image.digest" -}}
+{{- $digest := "" -}}
 {{- if or .fips (eq .variant "fips") -}}
   {{- if .fipsDigest -}}
-    {{- $image = printf "%s@%s" $image .fipsDigest -}}
+    {{- $digest = .fipsDigest -}}
   {{- end -}}{{- /* if .fipsDigest */ -}}
 {{- else if eq .variant "distroless" -}}
   {{- if .distrolessDigest -}}
-    {{- $image = printf "%s@%s" $image .distrolessDigest -}}
+    {{- $digest = .distrolessDigest -}}
   {{- end -}}{{- /* if .distrolessDigest */ -}}
 {{- else if eq .variant "fips-distroless" -}}
   {{- if .fipsDistrolessDigest -}}
-    {{- $image = printf "%s@%s" $image .fipsDistrolessDigest -}}
+    {{- $digest = .fipsDistrolessDigest -}}
   {{- end -}}{{- /* if .fipsDistrolessDigest */ -}}
 {{- else -}}
   {{- if .digest -}}{{- /* standard image digest */ -}}
-    {{- $image = printf "%s@%s" $image .digest -}}
+    {{- $digest = .digest -}}
   {{- end -}}{{- /* if .digest */ -}}
 {{- end -}}
+{{ $digest }}
+{{- end -}}{{- /* define "gloo.image.digest" */ -}}
+
+
+{{/*
+Construct a container image name from a registry, repository, tag, and digest.
+*/}}
+{{- define "gloo.image" -}}
+{{- $repository := include  "gloo.image.repository" . -}}
+{{- $image := printf "%s/%s" .registry $repository -}}
+{{- $tag := include  "gloo.image.tag" . -}}
+{{- if $tag -}}
+{{- $image = printf "%s:%s" $image $tag -}}
+{{- end -}}{{- /* if .tag */ -}}
+{{- $digest := include  "gloo.image.digest" . -}}
+{{- if $digest -}}
+{{- $image = printf "%s@%s" $image $digest -}}
+{{- end -}}{{- /* if .digest */ -}}
 {{ $image }}
 {{- end -}}{{- /* define "gloo.image" */ -}}
 
@@ -170,7 +186,7 @@ It takes 4 values:
   .defaults - the default securityContext for the pod or container
   .globalSec - global security settings, usually from .Values.global.securitySettings
   .indent - the number of spaces to indent the output. If not set, the output will not be indented.
-    The indentation argument is necessary because it is possible that no output will be rendered. 
+    The indentation argument is necessary because it is possible that no output will be rendered.
     If that happens and the caller handles the indentation the result will be a line of whitespace, which gets caught by the whitespace tests
 
   Depending upon the value of .values.merge, the securityContext will be merged with the defaults or completely replaced.
@@ -234,7 +250,7 @@ It takes 4 values:
   .podSecurityStandards - podSecurityStandard from values.yaml
   .globalSec - global security settings, usually from .Values.global.securitySettings
   .indent - the number of spaces to indent the output. If not set, the output will not be indented.
-    The indentation argument is necessary because it is possible that no output will be rendered. 
+    The indentation argument is necessary because it is possible that no output will be rendered.
     If that happens and the caller handles the indentation the result will be a line of whitespace, which gets caught by the whitespace tests
 
   If .podSecurityStandards.container.enableRestrictedContainerDefaults is true, the defaults will be set to a restricted set of values.
@@ -260,7 +276,7 @@ It takes 4 values:
 {{- end -}}
 {{- /* set default seccompProfileType */ -}}
 
-{{- $pss_restricted_defaults := dict 
+{{- $pss_restricted_defaults := dict
     "runAsNonRoot" true
     "capabilities" (dict "drop" (list "ALL"))
     "allowPrivilegeEscalation" false }}
@@ -280,7 +296,7 @@ It takes 4 values:
   {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- /* call general securityContext template */ -}}
-{{- include "gloo.securityContext" (dict 
+{{- include "gloo.securityContext" (dict
             "values" $values
             "defaults" $defaults
             "indent" $indent
diff --git a/install/test/k8sgateway_test.go b/install/test/k8sgateway_test.go
index 627f3732d42..7d5ca097dcc 100644
--- a/install/test/k8sgateway_test.go
+++ b/install/test/k8sgateway_test.go
@@ -359,6 +359,57 @@ var _ = Describe("Kubernetes Gateway API integration", func() {
 					Entry("locally undefined, globally undefined", false),
 				)
 			})
+
+			Context("distroless and fips", func() {
+				DescribeTable("Uses the correct image for the sds-ee container", func(variant string, expectedImage string) {
+					extraValueArgs := []string{
+						"kubeGateway.gatewayParameters.glooGateway.sdsContainer.image.registry=my-sds-reg",
+						"kubeGateway.gatewayParameters.glooGateway.sdsContainer.image.tag=my-sds-tag",
+						"kubeGateway.gatewayParameters.glooGateway.sdsContainer.image.repository=sds-ee",
+						"global.image.variant=" + variant,
+					}
+					valuesArgs = append(valuesArgs, extraValueArgs...)
+					// Updated values so need to re-render
+					prepareHelmManifest(namespace, glootestutils.HelmValues{ValuesArgs: valuesArgs})
+
+					gwp := getDefaultGatewayParameters(testManifest)
+					gwpKube := gwp.Spec.Kube
+					Expect(gwpKube).ToNot(BeNil())
+					sdsContainer := gwpKube.SdsContainer.Image
+					image := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s:%s", *sdsContainer.Registry, *sdsContainer.Repository, *sdsContainer.Tag)
+					Expect(image).To(Equal(expectedImage))
+				},
+					Entry("No variant specified", "", "my-sds-reg/sds-ee:my-sds-tag"),
+					Entry("Standard variant", "standard", "my-sds-reg/sds-ee:my-sds-tag"),
+					Entry("Fips variant", "fips", "my-sds-reg/sds-ee-fips:my-sds-tag"),
+					Entry("Distroless variant", "distroless", "my-sds-reg/sds-ee:my-sds-tag-distroless"),
+					Entry("Fips-Distroless variant", "fips-distroless", "my-sds-reg/sds-ee-fips:my-sds-tag-distroless"))
+
+				DescribeTable("Uses the correct image for the gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper container", func(variant string, expectedImage string) {
+					extraValueArgs := []string{
+						"kubeGateway.gatewayParameters.glooGateway.envoyContainer.image.registry=my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-reg",
+						"kubeGateway.gatewayParameters.glooGateway.envoyContainer.image.tag=my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-tag",
+						"kubeGateway.gatewayParameters.glooGateway.envoyContainer.image.repository=gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper",
+						"global.image.variant=" + variant,
+					}
+					valuesArgs = append(valuesArgs, extraValueArgs...)
+					// Updated values so need to re-render
+					prepareHelmManifest(namespace, glootestutils.HelmValues{ValuesArgs: valuesArgs})
+
+					gwp := getDefaultGatewayParameters(testManifest)
+					gwpKube := gwp.Spec.Kube
+					Expect(gwpKube).ToNot(BeNil())
+					envoyContainer := gwpKube.EnvoyContainer.Image
+					image := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s:%s", *envoyContainer.Registry, *envoyContainer.Repository, *envoyContainer.Tag)
+					Expect(image).To(Equal(expectedImage))
+				},
+					Entry("No variant specified", "", "my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-reg/gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper:my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-tag"),
+					Entry("Standard variant", "standard", "my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-reg/gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper:my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-tag"),
+					Entry("Fips variant", "fips", "my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-reg/gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-fips:my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-tag"),
+					Entry("Distroless variant", "distroless", "my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-reg/gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper:my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-tag-distroless"),
+					Entry("Fips-Distroless variant", "fips-distroless", "my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-reg/gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-fips:my-gloo-ee-envoy-wrapper-tag-distroless"))
+
+			})
 		})
 
 		When("kube gateway integration is disabled (default)", func() {
@@ -389,3 +440,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Kubernetes Gateway API integration", func() {
 	}
 	runTests(allTests)
 })
+
+func getDefaultGatewayParameters(t TestManifest) *v1alpha1.GatewayParameters {
+	gwpUnstructured := t.ExpectCustomResource("GatewayParameters", namespace, wellknown.DefaultGatewayParametersName)
+	obj, err := kuberesource.ConvertUnstructured(gwpUnstructured)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+	gwp, ok := obj.(*v1alpha1.GatewayParameters)
+	Expect(ok).To(BeTrue())
+	return gwp
+}