diff --git a/boards/risc-v/eic7700x/eic7700-evb/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/risc-v/eic7700x/eic7700-evb/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 649b462b056..43f1c9630da 100644
--- a/boards/risc-v/eic7700x/eic7700-evb/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/risc-v/eic7700x/eic7700-evb/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
 CONFIG_NSH_FILE_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/system/bin"
+CONFIG_PINCTRL_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=2048
 CONFIG_RAMLOG=y
 CONFIG_RAMLOG_BUFSIZE=32768
diff --git a/boards/risc-v/eic7700x/starpro64/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/risc-v/eic7700x/starpro64/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 7e0b27ad46f..f70ba3d07ad 100644
--- a/boards/risc-v/eic7700x/starpro64/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/risc-v/eic7700x/starpro64/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
 CONFIG_NSH_FILE_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/system/bin"
+CONFIG_PINCTRL_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=2048
 CONFIG_RAMLOG=y
 CONFIG_RAMLOG_BUFSIZE=32768