diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/configs/smp/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/configs/smp/defconfig
index 7e82870190..fc64679978 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/configs/smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-core/configs/smp/defconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_XTENSA=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=16717
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_ESP32_UART0=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=8
 CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=8
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
+CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
 CONFIG_NSH_LINELEN=64
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
@@ -39,19 +43,25 @@ CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_WDOGS=16
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=114688
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
+CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION_BUFFER=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_SMP_NCPUS=2
 CONFIG_SPI=y
+CONFIG_SPINLOCK_IRQ=y
 CONFIG_START_DAY=6
 CONFIG_START_MONTH=12
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2011
 CONFIG_SUPPRESS_CLOCK_CONFIG=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH_CXXINITIALIZE=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_TASKSET=y
+CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_SMP=y
 CONFIG_UART0_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"