diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/base/apt.sh b/images/linux/scripts/base/apt.sh
index 05d08878c..1f36b4a5f 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/base/apt.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/base/apt.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ echo "APT::Acquire::Retries \"10\";" > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-retries
 # Configure apt to always assume Y
 echo "APT::Get::Assume-Yes \"true\";" > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90assumeyes
 
+# APT understands a field called Phased-Update-Percentage which can be used to control the rollout of a new version. It is an integer between 0 and 100.
+# In case you have multiple systems that you want to receive the same set of updates, 
+# you can set APT::Machine-ID to a UUID such that they all phase the same, 
+# or set APT::Get::Never-Include-Phased-Updates or APT::Get::Always-Include-Phased-Updates to true such that APT will never/always consider phased updates.
+# apt-cache policy pkgname
+echo 'APT::Get::Always-Include-Phased-Updates "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99-phased-updates
+
 # Fix bad proxy and http headers settings
 cat <<EOF >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99bad_proxy
 Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth 0;