diff --git a/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/elf/defconfig b/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/elf/defconfig
index 848f9e3339d..a9e3274577e 100644
--- a/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/elf/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/elf/defconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="cxd56xx"
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_CXD56XX=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
 CONFIG_ARMV7M_USEBASEPRI=y
+CONFIG_BINFMT_CONSTRUCTORS=y
 CONFIG_BOARDCTL=y
 CONFIG_BOARDCTL_ROMDISK=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=5434
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS_REGISTER=y
 CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="elf_main"
 CONFIG_LIBC_ENVPATH=y
 CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/mnt/romfs"
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ CONFIG_RAM_START=0x0d000000
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
 CONFIG_RTC=y
 CONFIG_RTC_DRIVER=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_STARTHOOK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION=y