diff --git a/boards/arm/sam34/sam4s-xplained-pro/configs/fs/defconfig b/boards/arm/sam34/sam4s-xplained-pro/configs/fs/defconfig
index e9005e4337e..999ca206144 100644
--- a/boards/arm/sam34/sam4s-xplained-pro/configs/fs/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/sam34/sam4s-xplained-pro/configs/fs/defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # CONFIG_ARCH_RAMFUNCS is not set
 # CONFIG_MTD_NAND_BLOCKCHECK is not set
 # CONFIG_MTD_NAND_SWECC is not set
+CONFIG_ALLOW_BSD_COMPONENTS=y
 CONFIG_ARCH="arm"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="sam4s-xplained-pro"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_SAM4S_XPLAINED_PRO=y