diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 2f89783ec16..eaa288908cb 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_FILE_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/bin"
+CONFIG_PIPES=y
 CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_ATTRIBUTES=y
 CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_FILE=y
 CONFIG_PSEUDOFS_SOFTLINKS=y