diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/userfs/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/userfs/defconfig
index 86a1214d351..3bd0aa85054 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/userfs/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/userfs/defconfig
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_PROXY_STACKSIZE=2048
 CONFIG_PTHREAD_STACK_DEFAULT=8192
 CONFIG_READLINE_TABCOMPLETION=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_ONEXIT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE=y