diff --git a/sched/Kconfig b/sched/Kconfig
index bfb0ff015f..f0f9ba876d 100644
--- a/sched/Kconfig
+++ b/sched/Kconfig
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ config USER_INITPATH
 
 config INIT_SYMTAB
 	string "Symbol table"
-	default "NULL"
+	default "NULL" if !EXECFUNCS_HAVE_SYMTAB
+	default EXECFUNCS_SYMTAB_ARRAY if EXECFUNCS_HAVE_SYMTAB
 	depends on !BUILD_PROTECTED && !BUILD_KERNEL
 	---help---
 		The name of othe global array that holds the exported symbol table.
@@ -348,7 +349,8 @@ config INIT_SYMTAB
 
 config INIT_NEXPORTS
 	string "Symbol table size"
-	default "0"
+	default "0" if !EXECFUNCS_HAVE_SYMTAB
+	default EXECFUNCS_NSYMBOLS_VAR if EXECFUNCS_HAVE_SYMTAB
 	depends on !BUILD_PROTECTED && !BUILD_KERNEL
 	---help---
 		The size of the symbol table.  NOTE that is is logically a numeric
diff --git a/sched/init/os_bringup.c b/sched/init/os_bringup.c
index 316809654c..62213ccd78 100644
--- a/sched/init/os_bringup.c
+++ b/sched/init/os_bringup.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <nuttx/arch.h>
 #include <nuttx/board.h>
 #include <nuttx/init.h>
+#include <nuttx/symtab.h>
 #include <nuttx/wqueue.h>
 #include <nuttx/kthread.h>
 #include <nuttx/userspace.h>
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@
 #      undef CONFIG_INIT_NEXPORTS
 #      define CONFIG_INIT_SYMTAB NULL
 #      define CONFIG_INIT_NEXPORTS 0
+#    else
+extern const struct symtab_s CONFIG_INIT_SYMTAB[];
+extern const int             CONFIG_INIT_NEXPORTS;
 #    endif
 #  endif
 #endif