diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 891491ca46..cea8bd4d1e 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ CONFIG_FAT_LCNAMES=y
 CONFIG_FAT_LFN=y
 CONFIG_FS_BINFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_FAT=y
+CONFIG_FS_HOSTFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_RAMMAP=y
 CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_BACKTRACE=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
+CONFIG_SIM_HOSTFS=y
 CONFIG_SIM_WALLTIME_SIGNAL=y
 CONFIG_START_MONTH=6
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2008