diff --git a/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/pnsh/defconfig b/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/pnsh/defconfig
index c2b559e05b2..4da643db487 100644
--- a/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/pnsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/pnsh/defconfig
@@ -37,11 +37,15 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_ELF=y
+CONFIG_ETC_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
+CONFIG_FS_BINFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_HOSTFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
-CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="init_main"
 CONFIG_INIT_STACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_LIBC_ENVPATH=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ CONFIG_RAM_START=0x80000000
 CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_RISCV_SEMIHOSTING_HOSTFS=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_UART_ARCH_MMIO=y
 CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION=y
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ CONFIG_START_MONTH=12
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2021
 CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NXINIT=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_GETPRIME=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_USEC_PER_TICK=1000
diff --git a/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/pnsh64/defconfig b/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/pnsh64/defconfig
index 353070577c6..3f1ba1807f7 100644
--- a/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/pnsh64/defconfig
+++ b/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/pnsh64/defconfig
@@ -37,11 +37,15 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_ELF=y
+CONFIG_ETC_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
+CONFIG_FS_BINFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_HOSTFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
-CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="init_main"
 CONFIG_LIBC_ENVPATH=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_PERROR_STDOUT=y
@@ -59,6 +63,8 @@ CONFIG_RAM_START=0x80000000
 CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_RISCV_SEMIHOSTING_HOSTFS=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_UART_ARCH_MMIO=y
 CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION=y
@@ -66,6 +72,7 @@ CONFIG_START_MONTH=12
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2021
 CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NXINIT=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_GETPRIME=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_USEC_PER_TICK=1000