diff --git a/boards/arm/kinetis/freedom-k64f/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/kinetis/freedom-k64f/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 05c2c6ca11..beee227ae4 100644
--- a/boards/arm/kinetis/freedom-k64f/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/kinetis/freedom-k64f/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
 CONFIG_PWM=y
 CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=131072
 CONFIG_RAM_START=0x1fff0000
+CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
 CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
 CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORK=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y