diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml
index f9be3360d..fab950c06 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.search-testing.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ services:
       - MODEL_SERVER_PORT=${MODEL_SERVER_PORT:-}
       - ENV_SEED_CONFIGURATION=${ENV_SEED_CONFIGURATION:-}
       - ENABLE_PAID_ENTERPRISE_EDITION_FEATURES=True
+      # To enable the LLM for testing, update the value below
+      # NOTE: this is disabled by default since this is a high volume eval that can be costly
+      - DISABLE_GENERATIVE_AI=${DISABLE_GENERATIVE_AI:-true}
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     logging: