diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/lua/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/lua/defconfig
index 5b3a0c8d7d..7dc662ea2a 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/lua/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/lua/defconfig
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_FILE_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/bin"
+CONFIG_PIPES=y
 CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_ATTRIBUTES=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_TABCOMPLETION=y