diff --git a/boards/arm/c5471/c5471evm/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/c5471/c5471evm/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 90b3beb0ee..3450060990 100644
--- a/boards/arm/c5471/c5471evm/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/c5471/c5471evm/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_NETDB_DNSCLIENT=y
 CONFIG_NETDB_DNSCLIENT_ENTRIES=4
 CONFIG_NETDB_DNSSERVER_NOADDR=y
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
 CONFIG_NETINIT_NOMAC=y
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_TELNETD=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_TFTPC=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_WEBCLIENT=y
 CONFIG_NET_BROADCAST=y