diff --git a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
index abb67fa8..08ef328a 100644
--- a/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1211,3 +1211,8 @@ ROOTFS_FEATURES:remove = "clean-apt-credentials"
 All `ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND` steps are now executed within the `do_rootfs_install`
 task to avoid idempotency issues on partial rebuilds. Task that previously had a
 dependency to `do_rootfs_postprocess` shall now be changed to run after `do_rootfs_install`.
+
+### Add IMAGE_ROOTFS_FEATURES variable to control rootfs features of the image
+
+To easily select rootfs features from a local conf that should only apply to the image
+recipe, we provide the `IMAGE_ROOTFS_FEATURES`.
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/image.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/image.bbclass
index 290d6d5c..d9125d05 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/image.bbclass
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ inherit multiarch
 inherit essential
 
 ROOTFSDIR = "${IMAGE_ROOTFS}"
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_FEATURES ?= ""
 ROOTFS_FEATURES += "\
     clean-apt-lists \
     generate-manifest \
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ ROOTFS_FEATURES += "\
     generate-sbom \
     clean-apt-credentials \
     clean-dpkg-config \
+    ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_FEATURES} \
     "
 ROOTFS_PACKAGES += "${IMAGE_PREINSTALL} ${@isar_multiarch_packages('IMAGE_INSTALL', d)}"
 ROOTFS_VARDEPS += "IMAGE_INSTALL"