diff --git a/boards/arm/sama5/sama5d3x-ek/configs/nxwm/defconfig b/boards/arm/sama5/sama5d3x-ek/configs/nxwm/defconfig
index 2901e63514..8a4522b0aa 100644
--- a/boards/arm/sama5/sama5d3x-ek/configs/nxwm/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/sama5/sama5d3x-ek/configs/nxwm/defconfig
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ CONFIG_RAM_START=0x00304000
 CONFIG_RAM_VSTART=0x00304000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SAMA5_ADC=y
 CONFIG_SAMA5_BOOT_CS0FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SAMA5_DDRCS=y
 CONFIG_SAMA5_DDRCS_HEAP_OFFSET=5767168