diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-audio-kit/configs/audio/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-audio-kit/configs/audio/defconfig
index 2348d886579..cb25b520c8a 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-audio-kit/configs/audio/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-audio-kit/configs/audio/defconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ CONFIG_AUDIO_NUM_BUFFERS=4
 CONFIG_BOARDCTL_ROMDISK=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=16717
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_DEV_URANDOM=y