diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/defconfig b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/defconfig
index f649738120..8803b52ac6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/defconfig
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/defconfig
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_ECHO=y
 CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_PRINTF=y
 CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_TEST=y
 CONFIG_ASH_HELP=y
-# CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD is not set
+CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD=y
 # CONFIG_ASH_MAIL is not set
 CONFIG_ASH_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 # CONFIG_ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT is not set