diff --git a/configs/open1788/pdcurses/defconfig b/configs/open1788/pdcurses/defconfig
index ec77f8c1c7f..10997c2889d 100644
--- a/configs/open1788/pdcurses/defconfig
+++ b/configs/open1788/pdcurses/defconfig
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ CONFIG_NXFONTS_DISABLE_4BPP=y
 CONFIG_NXFONTS_DISABLE_8BPP=y
 CONFIG_OPEN1788_DJOYSTICK=y
 CONFIG_PDCURSES_COLORFMT_RGB888=y
+CONFIG_PDCURSES_DJOYSTICK=y
 CONFIG_PDCURSES_FONT_6X9=y
 CONFIG_PIPES=y
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_MQ_MSGS=4