diff --git a/conf/distro/oniro-openharmony-linux.conf b/conf/distro/oniro-openharmony-linux.conf
index 25fd055cdbaa698fee124b2547392472c78523d3..546d22f9cc17a5f236fe810e064fbc87ce219be9 100644
--- a/conf/distro/oniro-openharmony-linux.conf
+++ b/conf/distro/oniro-openharmony-linux.conf
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ SDKIMAGE_FEATURES:append = " staticdev-pkgs"
 ONIRO_OPENHARMONY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES = "ipv4 ptest"
 DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "${ONIRO_OPENHARMONY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES}"
 
+INIT_MANAGER = "systemd"
+
 # Linux kernel version
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto = "5.10.%"