diff --git a/samples/subsys/tracing/prj.conf b/samples/subsys/tracing/prj.conf
index c1ec0b1ec24..ed79576d54b 100644
--- a/samples/subsys/tracing/prj.conf
+++ b/samples/subsys/tracing/prj.conf
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 # enable to use thread names
+CONFIG_THREAD_NAME=y