diff --git a/tools/configure.c b/tools/configure.c
index 958fbf04b5..f18bbae213 100644
--- a/tools/configure.c
+++ b/tools/configure.c
@@ -1441,6 +1441,7 @@ static void set_host(const char *destconfig)
                 printf("  Select Windows native host\n");
                 disable_feature(destconfig, "CONFIG_WINDOWS_CYGWIN");
                 disable_feature(destconfig, "CONFIG_WINDOWS_MSYS");
+                enable_feature(destconfig, "CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL");
                 enable_feature(destconfig, "CONFIG_WINDOWS_NATIVE");
                 break;
 
diff --git a/tools/sethost.sh b/tools/sethost.sh
index 5c7aa6a2cd..d637f00517 100755
--- a/tools/sethost.sh
+++ b/tools/sethost.sh
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ else
       kconfig-tweak --file $nuttx/.config --enable CONFIG_WINDOWS_MSYS
     else
       echo "  Select CONFIG_WINDOWS_NATIVE=y"
+      kconfig-tweak --file $nuttx/.config --enable CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
       kconfig-tweak --file $nuttx/.config --enable CONFIG_WINDOWS_NATIVE
     fi
   fi