diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/ostest/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/ostest/defconfig
index 19068e61de..b3ddf5d5f9 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/ostest/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/ostest/defconfig
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="sim"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_SIM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="sim"
 CONFIG_ARCH_SIM=y
+CONFIG_BOARDCTL_POWEROFF=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=100
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_FS_NAMED_SEMAPHORES=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=4096
+CONFIG_LIB_BOARDCTL=y
 CONFIG_MAX_TASKS=64
 CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=32
 CONFIG_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPES=y
@@ -27,5 +29,6 @@ CONFIG_START_MONTH=2
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2007
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST_LOOPS=100
+CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST_POWEROFF=y
 CONFIG_USERMAIN_STACKSIZE=4096
 CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="ostest_main"