diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/crypto/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/crypto/defconfig
index d2982b4e902..a1285b578a0 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/crypto/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/crypto/defconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRYPTODEV=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRYPTODEV_SOFTWARE=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MBEDTLS=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_RANDOM_POOL=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_SW_AES=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEV_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DEV_LOOP=y
diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 3112b1c227e..856dddece84 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ config CRYPTO_CRYPTODEV
 
 config CRYPTO_CRYPTODEV_SOFTWARE
 	bool "cryptodev software support"
-	depends on CRYPTO_CRYPTODEV
+	depends on CRYPTO_CRYPTODEV && CRYPTO_SW_AES
 	default n
 
 config CRYPTO_CRYPTODEV_HARDWARE