diff --git a/configs/imxrt1050-evk/nsh/defconfig b/configs/imxrt1050-evk/nsh/defconfig
index 5f0fc4715bc..972840f3b2d 100644
--- a/configs/imxrt1050-evk/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/configs/imxrt1050-evk/nsh/defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_ARMV7M_DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH=y
 CONFIG_ARMV7M_ICACHE=y
 CONFIG_ARMV7M_USEBASEPRI=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=104926
+CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NSH=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
@@ -20,13 +21,14 @@ CONFIG_MAX_WDOGPARMS=2
 CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=8
 CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=8
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
+CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_IFUPDOWN=y
 CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
 CONFIG_NSH_LINELEN=64
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_MQ_MSGS=4
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_WDOGS=16
-CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=536870912
+CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=524288
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20200000
 CONFIG_START_DAY=14
 CONFIG_START_MONTH=3