diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/thermal/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/thermal/defconfig
index b7443db18b..ed59eb3eab 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/thermal/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/thermal/defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_THERMAL_ERROR=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_THERMAL_INFO=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_THERMAL_WARN=y
 CONFIG_PM=y
+CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK=y
 CONFIG_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_THERMAL_DUMMY=y