diff --git a/buildroot-external/kernel/hassos.config b/buildroot-external/kernel/hassos.config
index 6518f149e..ab4a69748 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/kernel/hassos.config
+++ b/buildroot-external/kernel/hassos.config
@@ -164,3 +164,10 @@ CONFIG_WIREGUARD=m
 
 CONFIG_HID=m
 CONFIG_HIDRAW=y
+
+CONFIG_NLS=y
+CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="utf8"
+CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
+CONFIG_NLS_ASCII=y
+CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
+CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y