In the present paper, we characterize a class of almost Kenmotsu manifolds admitting quasi Yamabe soliton. It is shown that if a (k, µ) ′ -almost Kenmotsu manifold admits a quasi Yamabe soliton (g, V, λ, α) with V pointwise collinear with ξ, then (1) V is a constant multiple of ξ, (2) V is a strict infinitesimal contact transformation and (3) (£ V h ′ )X = 0 for any vector field X. Finally an illustrative example is presented to support the result.