diff --git a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh/defconfig
index 6ca06d76b90..b509ce82fa4 100644
--- a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh/defconfig
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_IOB_BUFSIZE=1514
 CONFIG_IOB_THROTTLE=16
 CONFIG_LIBC_ENVPATH=y
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV_THREAD_STACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_NET=y
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/system/bin"
 CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_PSEUDOTERM=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=1073741824
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x10000000
 CONFIG_RAM_VSTART=0x10000000
diff --git a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh_wb/defconfig b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh_wb/defconfig
index 0e31325f83f..8e50980c187 100644
--- a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh_wb/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh_wb/defconfig
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ CONFIG_INIT_STACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_IOB_BUFSIZE=1514
 CONFIG_LIBC_ENVPATH=y
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV_THREAD_STACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_NET=y
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/system/bin"
 CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_PSEUDOTERM=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=1073741824
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x10000000
 CONFIG_RAM_VSTART=0x10000000
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/photon/configs/adb/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/photon/configs/adb/defconfig
index 3507e390edf..9e1d5337fae 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/photon/configs/adb/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/photon/configs/adb/defconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="adbd_main"
 CONFIG_INIT_STACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV=y
 CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ CONFIG_PHOTON_DFU_BOOTLOADER=y
 CONFIG_PHOTON_IWDG=y
 CONFIG_PHOTON_WDG_THREAD=y
 CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_PSEUDOTERM=y
 CONFIG_RAMLOG=y
 CONFIG_RAMLOG_BUFSIZE=2048
 CONFIG_RAMLOG_SYSLOG=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f103-minimum/configs/adb/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f103-minimum/configs/adb/defconfig
index 8df134b8d02..affb9ee018a 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f103-minimum/configs/adb/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f103-minimum/configs/adb/defconfig
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ CONFIG_FILE_STREAM=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="adbd_main"
 CONFIG_INIT_STACKSIZE=1024
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV=y
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=20480
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_PSEUDOTERM=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_TERMIOS=y
 CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/adb/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/adb/defconfig
index c6d23c5874e..9f0ee8b299a 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/adb/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32/stm32f4discovery/configs/adb/defconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
 CONFIG_INIT_STACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV=y
 CONFIG_MMCSD=y
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=114688
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_PSEUDOTERM=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SENSORS=y
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
index 088b0094e6a..25a1d50d43e 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_TMPFS=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_DLFCN=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV_UTILS_TEST=y
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ CONFIG_RAMLOG=y
 CONFIG_RAMLOG_SYSLOG=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_TABCOMPLETION=y
+CONFIG_PSEUDOTERM=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK=y
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/usbdev/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/usbdev/defconfig
index 0c793c679dc..af2a9dda22e 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/usbdev/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/usbdev/defconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ CONFIG_EXAMPLES_DHCPD=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_TMPFS=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_DLFCN=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV=y
 CONFIG_NETDB_DNSCLIENT=y
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_TABCOMPLETION=y
 CONFIG_RNDIS=y
 CONFIG_RNDIS_COMPOSITE=y
+CONFIG_PSEUDOTERM=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y