diff --git a/rel/overlay/etc/local.ini b/rel/overlay/etc/local.ini
index ecc97f4..ac51b7b 100644
--- a/rel/overlay/etc/local.ini
+++ b/rel/overlay/etc/local.ini
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 ;socket_options = [{sndbuf, 262144}, {nodelay, true}]
 
 [httpd]
+enable = true ; for the test suites
 ; NOTE that this only configures the "backend" node-local port, not the
 ; "frontend" clustered port. You probably don't want to change anything in
 ; this section.