diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/aes/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/aes/defconfig
index 19d81b1b2c..72e87bcba3 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/aes/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32-devkitc/configs/aes/defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 # CONFIG_NSH_ARGCAT is not set
 # CONFIG_NSH_CMDOPT_HEXDUMP is not set
 # CONFIG_NSH_CMDPARMS is not set
+CONFIG_ALLOW_BSD_COMPONENTS=y
 CONFIG_ARCH="xtensa"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="esp32-devkitc"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_ESP32_DEVKITC=y