diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/matter/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/matter/defconfig
index 96d0e05c9fd..34eeb8afec0 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/matter/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/matter/defconfig
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ CONFIG_MATTER=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_NETDB_DNSCLIENT=y
 CONFIG_NETDB_DNSSERVER_IPv4ADDR=0x771d1d1d
+CONFIG_NETINIT_DRIPADDR=0x0a000101
 CONFIG_NETINIT_IPADDR=0x0a000102
 CONFIG_NETLINK_ROUTE=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_JSONCPP=y