diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/emw3162/configs/wlan/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/emw3162/configs/wlan/defconfig
index 16f9acfa6ba..f636177e0bb 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/emw3162/configs/wlan/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/emw3162/configs/wlan/defconfig
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ CONFIG_STM32_PWR=y
 CONFIG_STM32_RTC=y
 CONFIG_STM32_SDIO=y
 CONFIG_STM32_SDIO_CARD=y
+CONFIG_STM32_SDIO_PULLUP=y
 CONFIG_STM32_USART1=y
 CONFIG_SYSLOG_CHAR=y
 CONFIG_SYSLOG_DEVPATH="/dev/ttyS0"