diff --git a/docs_dev/assemblies/development_environment.adoc b/docs_dev/assemblies/development_environment.adoc
index 89b1fdd71..08c51d468 100644
--- a/docs_dev/assemblies/development_environment.adoc
+++ b/docs_dev/assemblies/development_environment.adoc
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ To use Wallaby content instead, run the following:
 [,bash]
 ----
 cd ~/install_yamls/devsetup
-make standalone
+EDPM_CONFIGURE_HUGEPAGES=false make standalone <1>
 ----
+<1> To configure the host for a simplistic hugepages setup, set `EDPM_CONFIGURE_HUGEPAGES=true`.
 
 To deploy using TLS everywhere enabled, instead run:
 
@@ -229,9 +230,11 @@ Create a test VM instance with a test volume attachement:
 [,bash]
 ----
 cd ~/data-plane-adoption
+EDPM_CONFIGURE_HUGEPAGES=false <1>
 OS_CLOUD_IP=192.168.122.100 OS_CLOUD_NAME=standalone \
     bash tests/roles/development_environment/files/pre_launch.bash
 ----
+<1> To configure a flavor with hugepages set `EDPM_CONFIGURE_HUGEPAGES=true`.
 
 This also creates a test Cinder volume, a backup from it, and a snapshot of it.
 
diff --git a/tests/roles/development_environment/defaults/main.yaml b/tests/roles/development_environment/defaults/main.yaml
index 4fcf81fe6..e2ca5a02f 100644
--- a/tests/roles/development_environment/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/development_environment/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ edpm_privatekey_path: ~/install_yamls/out/edpm/ansibleee-ssh-key-id_rsa
 run_pre_adoption_validation: true
 os_cloud_name: standalone
 source_osp_ssh_user: root
+use_hugepages: false
 # override var for openstack command to use on the source cloud
 openstack_command: >-
   ssh -i {{ edpm_privatekey_path }} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no {{ source_osp_ssh_user }}@{{ standalone_ip | default(edpm_node_ip) }} OS_CLOUD={{ os_cloud_name }} openstack
diff --git a/tests/roles/development_environment/files/pre_launch.bash b/tests/roles/development_environment/files/pre_launch.bash
index e6cae4475..41e9dcb70 100755
--- a/tests/roles/development_environment/files/pre_launch.bash
+++ b/tests/roles/development_environment/files/pre_launch.bash
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@ ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} image show cirros || \
     ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} image create --container-format bare --disk-format $DISK_FORMAT cirros < /tmp/$RAW
 
 # Create flavor
+HPARGS=" "
+if [ "${EDPM_CONFIGURE_HUGEPAGES:-false}" = "true" ] ; then
+    HPARGS="set huge_pages --property hw:mem_page_size=2MB"
+fi
 ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} flavor show m1.small || \
-    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} flavor create --ram 512 --vcpus 1 --disk 1 --ephemeral 1 m1.small
+    ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} flavor create $HPARGS --ram 512 --vcpus 1 --disk 1 --ephemeral 1 m1.small
 
 # Create networks
 ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} network show private || ${BASH_ALIASES[openstack]} network create private --share
diff --git a/tests/roles/development_environment/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/roles/development_environment/tasks/main.yaml
index be52b840f..e0beec4b8 100644
--- a/tests/roles/development_environment/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/roles/development_environment/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     cmd: |
       {{ shell_header }}
       export OPENSTACK_COMMAND="{{ openstack_command }}"
+      export EDPM_CONFIGURE_HUGEPAGES="{{ use_hugepages | string | lower }}"
       {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', prelaunch_test_instance_script) }}
 
 - name: creates Barbican secret