diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpproxy/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpproxy/defconfig
index 634dfe2a09..fff3a02327 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpproxy/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpproxy/defconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_RPMSGFS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INPUT=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_HOSTNAME="proxy"
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_NETDB_DNSCLIENT=y
@@ -64,3 +65,7 @@ CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_CLE=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_PING=y
+CONFIG_UINPUT_BUTTONS=y
+CONFIG_UINPUT_KEYBOARD=y
+CONFIG_UINPUT_RPMSG=y
+CONFIG_UINPUT_TOUCH=y
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpserver/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpserver/defconfig
index c11c4bf255..db071998c7 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpserver/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpserver/defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_RPMSGFS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INPUT=y
 CONFIG_IOEXPANDER=y
 CONFIG_IOEXPANDER_RPMSG=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_HOSTNAME="server"
@@ -86,3 +87,7 @@ CONFIG_SYSTEM_CUTERM_DEFAULT_DEVICE="/dev/ttyproxy"
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_PING=y
 CONFIG_TTY_SIGINT=y
+CONFIG_UINPUT_BUTTONS=y
+CONFIG_UINPUT_KEYBOARD=y
+CONFIG_UINPUT_RPMSG=y
+CONFIG_UINPUT_TOUCH=y