diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/netnsh/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/netnsh/defconfig
index 802a5c19a8a..343013cb744 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/netnsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/netnsh/defconfig
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_DHCPC_RENEW=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_PING=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_SYSTEM=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TELNETD_SESSION_STACKSIZE=8192
 CONFIG_TESTING_GETPRIME=y
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/netnsh_smp/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/netnsh_smp/defconfig
index d46ea2d02b5..dbab634430c 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/netnsh_smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/netnsh_smp/defconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSLOG_TIMESTAMP=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_DHCPC_RENEW=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_PING=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_SYSTEM=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TASKSET=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TELNETD_SESSION_STACKSIZE=8192