diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/smp/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/smp/defconfig
index 74f9c6e32e..71ae608676 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/smp/defconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_XTENSA=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=16717
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_ESP32_UART0=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_SMP_NCPUS=2
 CONFIG_SPI=y
+CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION=y
 CONFIG_START_DAY=6
 CONFIG_START_MONTH=12
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2011