diff --git a/configs/sim/nsh/defconfig b/configs/sim/nsh/defconfig
index 263a28303a3..1523139b8bc 100644
--- a/configs/sim/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/configs/sim/nsh/defconfig
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ CONFIG_LIB_RAND_ORDER=1
 # CONFIG_EOL_IS_BOTH_CRLF is not set
 CONFIG_EOL_IS_EITHER_CRLF=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
+CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_HAVE_SYMTAB=y
 CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_SYMTAB="g_symtab"
 CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_NSYMBOLS=0
 CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_PROXY_STACKSIZE=1024
diff --git a/configs/stm32f4discovery/posix_spawn/defconfig b/configs/stm32f4discovery/posix_spawn/defconfig
index a8e0be0b55f..ccce94eaf5a 100644
--- a/configs/stm32f4discovery/posix_spawn/defconfig
+++ b/configs/stm32f4discovery/posix_spawn/defconfig
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ CONFIG_LIB_RAND_ORDER=1
 # CONFIG_EOL_IS_BOTH_CRLF is not set
 CONFIG_EOL_IS_EITHER_CRLF=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
+CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_HAVE_SYMTAB=y
 CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_SYMTAB="exports"
 CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_NSYMBOLS=10
 CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_PROXY_STACKSIZE=1024