diff --git a/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/rndis/defconfig b/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/rndis/defconfig
index cb43c2721d3..7161cc9850e 100644
--- a/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/rndis/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/rndis/defconfig
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=8
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_TELNETD=y
+CONFIG_NSH_FILE_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_NSH_TELNETD_CLIENTSTACKSIZE=3072
 CONFIG_NSH_WGET_USERAGENT="NuttX/7.2x.x (; http://www.nuttx.org/)"
diff --git a/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/wifi/defconfig b/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/wifi/defconfig
index c3f8f9488f5..1ee8a9d0bd2 100644
--- a/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/wifi/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/cxd56xx/spresense/configs/wifi/defconfig
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_ARP=y
 CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_IFUPDOWN=y
 CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_NSLOOKUP=y
+CONFIG_NSH_FILE_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_READLINE=y
 CONFIG_NSH_WGET_USERAGENT="NuttX/7.2x.x (; http://www.nuttx.org/)"
 CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/mnt/sd0/bin"