diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/ucans32k146/README.txt b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/ucans32k146/README.txt
index 21f332d60c..7477d0964a 100644
--- a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/ucans32k146/README.txt
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/ucans32k146/README.txt
@@ -144,3 +144,9 @@ Configurations
       Configures the NuttShell (nsh) located at apps/examples/nsh.  Support
       for builtin applications is enabled, but in the base configuration the
       only application selected is the "Hello, World!" example.
+
+    can:
+    ---
+      Besides the NuttShell this configuration also enables (Socket)CAN
+      support, as well as I2C and SPI support.  It includes the SLCAN and
+      can-utils applications for monitoring and debugging CAN applications.
diff --git a/boards/arm/s32k1xx/ucans32k146/configs/can/defconfig b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/ucans32k146/configs/can/defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fc15f721d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/s32k1xx/ucans32k146/configs/can/defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated: PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT.
+#
+# You can use "make menuconfig" to make any modifications to the installed .config file.
+# You can then do "make savedefconfig" to generate a new defconfig file that includes your
+# modifications.
+#
+# CONFIG_ARCH_FPU is not set
+# CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set
+# CONFIG_NET_IPv4 is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_ARGCAT is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_CMDOPT_HEXDUMP is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_CMDPARMS is not set
+# CONFIG_SLCAN_TRACE is not set
+CONFIG_ALLOW_GPL_COMPONENTS=y
+CONFIG_ARCH="arm"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="ucans32k146"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_UCANS32K146=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="s32k1xx"
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_S32K146=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_S32K14X=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_S32K1XX=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=6667
+CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_CANUTILS_CANDUMP=y
+CONFIG_CANUTILS_CANSEND=y
+CONFIG_CANUTILS_SLCAN=y
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
+CONFIG_I2C=y
+CONFIG_I2CTOOL_DEFFREQ=100000
+CONFIG_I2CTOOL_MAXADDR=0x7f
+CONFIG_I2CTOOL_MAXBUS=0
+CONFIG_I2CTOOL_MINADDR=0x00
+CONFIG_LPUART1_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_NETDEV_IFINDEX=y
+CONFIG_NET_CAN=y
+CONFIG_NET_CAN_SOCK_OPTS=y
+CONFIG_NET_TIMESTAMP=y
+CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
+CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
+CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
+CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=126976
+CONFIG_RAM_START=0x1fff0000
+CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_RTC=y
+CONFIG_RTC_FREQUENCY=32768
+CONFIG_RTC_HIRES=y
+CONFIG_S32K1XX_FLEXCAN0=y
+CONFIG_S32K1XX_FLEXCAN1=y
+CONFIG_S32K1XX_LPI2C0=y
+CONFIG_S32K1XX_LPSPI0=y
+CONFIG_S32K1XX_LPUART0=y
+CONFIG_S32K1XX_LPUART1=y
+CONFIG_S32K1XX_RTC=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
+CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE=y
+CONFIG_SIG_DEFAULT=y
+CONFIG_SPITOOL_DEFFREQ=400000
+CONFIG_SPITOOL_MAXBUS=0
+CONFIG_START_DAY=6
+CONFIG_START_MONTH=9
+CONFIG_START_YEAR=2021
+CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_I2CTOOL=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SPITOOL=y
+CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"