diff --git a/meta-oniro-core/recipes-core/images/oniro-image-base-tests.bb b/meta-oniro-core/recipes-core/images/oniro-image-base-tests.bb
index b0d4f96e4715a9f7d551e1360b4b12bdebf9204a..e6cadf24260ce161c7a73624965e8b3662b09f64 100644
--- a/meta-oniro-core/recipes-core/images/oniro-image-base-tests.bb
+++ b/meta-oniro-core/recipes-core/images/oniro-image-base-tests.bb
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL:append = "\
     kernel-selftest \
 "
 
-# This adds ptest packages to the image
-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES:append = " ptest-pkgs"
+# This adds ptest packages to the image, and enables empty root password
+EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES:append = " ptest-pkgs debug-tweaks"
 
 # For testing purposes, we want to have an extra ext4 format for the root
 # filesystem.
diff --git a/meta-oniro-core/recipes-core/images/oniro-image-extra-tests.bb b/meta-oniro-core/recipes-core/images/oniro-image-extra-tests.bb
index ed637cd7d4042a3fc54de3e430f188356d47b459..8a073a756c7f06f67dfbc27ab1e627f5a68e3fbd 100644
--- a/meta-oniro-core/recipes-core/images/oniro-image-extra-tests.bb
+++ b/meta-oniro-core/recipes-core/images/oniro-image-extra-tests.bb
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL:append = "\
     packagegroup-oniro-tests \
 "
 
-# This adds ptest packages to the image
-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES:append = " ptest-pkgs"
+# This adds ptest packages to the image, and enables empty root password
+EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES:append = " ptest-pkgs debug-tweaks"
 
 # For testing purposes, we want to have an extra ext4 format for the root
 # filesystem.