The invention discloses a distributed fault self-healing method suitable for an active distribution network. The distributed fault self-healing method comprises a feeder self-healing control step forthe distribution network and a protection control step for common connection points of distributed power supplies; in the feeder self-healing control step for the distribution network, peer-to-peer communication between smart terminal units on a feeder circuit-breaker of the active distribution network is set, when one section is in a fault, the smart terminal units at two ends of the section in which a fault point is located judge the fault and control a short-circuiter in the section in which the fault is located to trip, and if the smart terminal units on the feeder circuit-breaker detect achange in the on-off state of a local circuit-breaker, the changed on-off state of the circuit-breaker is transmitted to the smart terminal units on the common connection points of the distributed power supplies and the protection control step for the common connection points of the distributed power supplies is carried out. According to the distributed fault self-healing method suitable for theactive distribution network, cooperation and coordination of the scheme and anti-island protection of the distributed power supplies are fully considered in the fault recovery process, so that grid-connected operation of the distributed power supplies can be kept to the maximum extent.