diff --git a/boards/arm/stm32f7/stm32f746g-disco/configs/dropbear/defconfig b/boards/arm/stm32f7/stm32f746g-disco/configs/dropbear/defconfig
index 9202956a652..3ac3cd9ac3e 100644
--- a/boards/arm/stm32f7/stm32f746g-disco/configs/dropbear/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/stm32f7/stm32f746g-disco/configs/dropbear/defconfig
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ CONFIG_ARMV7M_DTCM=y
 CONFIG_ARMV7M_ICACHE=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=43103
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRYPTODEV=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRYPTODEV_SOFTWARE_CRYPTO=y
+CONFIG_CRYPTO_SW_AES=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEV_URANDOM=y
 CONFIG_ETH0_PHY_LAN8742A=y