diff --git a/boards/arm/qemu/qemu-armv7a/configs/rpproxy/defconfig b/boards/arm/qemu/qemu-armv7a/configs/rpproxy/defconfig
index ca68f428229..4ad3dbd0b54 100644
--- a/boards/arm/qemu/qemu-armv7a/configs/rpproxy/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/qemu/qemu-armv7a/configs/rpproxy/defconfig
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ CONFIG_RPTUN=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_IVSHMEM=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_IVSHMEM_NAME="0:server:s"
 CONFIG_SCHED_BACKTRACE=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORKPRIORITY=192
diff --git a/boards/arm/qemu/qemu-armv7a/configs/rpserver/defconfig b/boards/arm/qemu/qemu-armv7a/configs/rpserver/defconfig
index b89c05288c1..e706fec4fbe 100644
--- a/boards/arm/qemu/qemu-armv7a/configs/rpserver/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/qemu/qemu-armv7a/configs/rpserver/defconfig
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ CONFIG_RPTUN=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_IVSHMEM=y
 CONFIG_RPTUN_IVSHMEM_NAME="0:proxy:m"
 CONFIG_SCHED_BACKTRACE=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORKPRIORITY=192
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpproxy_uart/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpproxy_uart/defconfig
index f33098cb2ec..546b5257253 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpproxy_uart/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpproxy_uart/defconfig
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ CONFIG_RTC_DRIVER=y
 CONFIG_RTC_EXTERNAL=y
 CONFIG_RTC_RPMSG=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SENSORS=y
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpserver_uart/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpserver_uart/defconfig
index 81f25b3c06b..a5157d9c2fe 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpserver_uart/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/rpserver_uart/defconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ CONFIG_RTC_DRIVER=y
 CONFIG_RTC_RPMSG=y
 CONFIG_RTC_RPMSG_SERVER=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SENSORS=y