diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
index fa2e1572a2d..3435e62af40 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_TABCOMPLETION=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SIM_NETUSRSOCK=y
 CONFIG_SYSLOG_CHARDEV=y