diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
index eaefad08c83..b4554802e99 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=0
 CONFIG_BOOT_RUNFROMEXTSRAM=y
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
+CONFIG_DEV_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DEV_LOOP=y
 CONFIG_DEV_ZERO=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
 CONFIG_FAT_LCNAMES=y
 CONFIG_FAT_LFN=y
@@ -29,8 +31,11 @@ CONFIG_FS_FAT=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_RAMMAP=y
 CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_LOWER_HALF=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_IOEXPANDER=y
+CONFIG_IOEXPANDER_DUMMY=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_ENVPATH=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_LOCALE=y
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_ATTRIBUTES=y
 CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_SOFTLINKS=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_TABCOMPLETION=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_ONEXIT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE=y