diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/citest/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/citest/defconfig
index 0702bcc4749..8bae0c7a564 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/citest/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/citest/defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED_ERROR=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED_WARN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE=8192
+CONFIG_ETC_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ CONFIG_FS_TMPFS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=8192
-CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="init_main"
 CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_MM_KASAN=y
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ CONFIG_RAM_START=0x40000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORKPRIORITY=192
 CONFIG_SPINLOCK=y
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ CONFIG_START_MONTH=3
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2022
 CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NXINIT=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_SETLOGMASK=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_SYSTEM=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_GETPRIME=y
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/citest_smp/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/citest_smp/defconfig
index 213b047905b..99ca5adfadd 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/citest_smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/citest_smp/defconfig
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED_ERROR=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED_WARN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE=16384
+CONFIG_ETC_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_TMPFS=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=16384
-CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="init_main"
 CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ CONFIG_RAM_START=0x40000000
 CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORKPRIORITY=192
 CONFIG_SMP=y
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ CONFIG_START_MONTH=3
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2022
 CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NXINIT=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_SETLOGMASK=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_SYSTEM=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TASKSET=y