diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
index c6dfc13b81..f1f9347c79 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ CONFIG_NET_USRSOCK_UDP=y
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
+CONFIG_NSH_TELNET_LOGIN=y
 CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_SOFTLINKS=y
 CONFIG_RAMLOG=y
 CONFIG_RAMLOG_SYSLOG=y