diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 2c3676b160e72..2f89783ec162a 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_FILE_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/bin"
 CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_ATTRIBUTES=y
+CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_FILE=y
 CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_SOFTLINKS=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_TABCOMPLETION=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_BACKTRACE=y