diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/vncserver/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/vncserver/defconfig
index 14c8fe5c4b7..145b07f90d9 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/vncserver/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/vncserver/defconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ CONFIG_NET_UDP_NO_STACK=y
 CONFIG_NET_USRSOCK_OTHER=y
 CONFIG_NET_USRSOCK_TCP=y
 CONFIG_NET_USRSOCK_UDP=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SIM_NETUSRSOCK=y
 CONFIG_SIM_VNCSERVER=y
 CONFIG_VIDEO_FB=y