diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/smp/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/smp/defconfig
index b8103cdcea1..bd290323abc 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/smp/defconfig
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ CONFIG_SYSTEM_TASKSET=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_GETPRIME=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_SMP=y
+CONFIG_TICKET_SPINLOCK=y