diff --git a/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/citest/defconfig b/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/citest/defconfig
index 4c3a48c565324..d77e97995b00c 100644
--- a/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/citest/defconfig
+++ b/boards/risc-v/qemu-rv/rv-virt/configs/citest/defconfig
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_POPEN=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_CMOCKA=y
+CONFIG_TESTING_CMOCKA_PROG=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_CXXTEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_FMEMOPEN_TEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_FOPENCOOKIE_TEST=y
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/citest/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/citest/defconfig
index b8202578eef45..597390f05c1d5 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/citest/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/citest/defconfig
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ CONFIG_SYSTEM_DUMPSTACK=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_POPEN=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_CMOCKA=y
+CONFIG_TESTING_CMOCKA_PROG=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_CXXTEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_DRIVER_TEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_DRIVER_TEST_SIMPLE=y