diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 78e3912e8c1..e52651d5313 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ DEVICETREE_DTB_amd64=
 DEVICETREE_DTB_arm64=$(DIST)/dtb/eve.dtb
 DEVICETREE_DTB=$(DEVICETREE_DTB_$(ZARCH))
 
-CONF_FILES=$(shell ls -d $(CONF_DIR)/*)
+CONF_FILES=$(if $(strip $(REMOTE_ACCESS_DISABLED)),$(shell ls -d $(CONF_DIR)/*), $(shell ls -d $(CONF_DIR)/* | grep -v 'remote_access_disabled'))
 PART_SPEC=efi conf imga
 
 # parallels settings
diff --git a/conf/remote_access_disabled b/conf/remote_access_disabled
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f32a5804e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/remote_access_disabled
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+true
\ No newline at end of file