diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
index d8694a5918e..28919037caa 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/adb/defconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ CONFIG_LIBC_DLFCN=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV=y
 CONFIG_LIBUV_UTILS_TEST=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_TELNETD=y
 CONFIG_NET_ICMP_NO_STACK=y
 CONFIG_NET_SOCKOPTS=y
 CONFIG_NET_TCP_NO_STACK=y