diff --git a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netknsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netknsh/defconfig
index 683a3a105f8..f9b1f64fd6b 100644
--- a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netknsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netknsh/defconfig
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ CONFIG_NETINIT_DRIPADDR=0x0a000202
 CONFIG_NETINIT_IPADDR=0x0a00020f
 CONFIG_NETINIT_NOMAC=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_CODECS=y
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_IPERF=y
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_IPERFTEST_DEVNAME="eth0"
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_TFTPC=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_WEBCLIENT=y
 CONFIG_NET_BROADCAST=y