diff --git a/lib/libc/Kconfig b/lib/libc/Kconfig
index d1ba54347eb..3012cdadf8d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/libc/Kconfig
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ config PICOLIBC
 	imply THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE if ARCH_HAS_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE && TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
 	select LIBC_ERRNO if THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
 	select NEED_LIBC_MEM_PARTITION
+	select TC_PROVIDES_POSIX_C_LANG_SUPPORT_R
 	imply COMMON_LIBC_MALLOC
 	depends on PICOLIBC_SUPPORTED
 	help