diff --git a/conf/local.conf.sample b/conf/local.conf.sample
index 9f9c138c4aca6ee36c6e5cb8ec0b96ed21ef9fd2..4179a3efd1105125aa6bd0d41ae5fc397149b567 100644
--- a/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ MACHINE ??= "qemuarma7"
 # Default policy config
 #
 DISTRO ?= "oniro-openharmony-linux"
+# Comment this out if you don't want to build ACTS test suite
+DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " acts"
 
 #
 # Extra image configuration defaults