diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/lvgl/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/lvgl/defconfig
index eb0e9a43394..9271633f751 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/lvgl/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/lvgl/defconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ CONFIG_EXAMPLES_LVGLDEMO_STACKSIZE=32768
 CONFIG_GRAPHICS_LVGL=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_INPUT=y
+CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
 CONFIG_LV_COLOR_DEPTH=32
 CONFIG_LV_HOR_RES=640
 CONFIG_LV_VER_RES=480