diff --git a/nuttx-configs/auav-x21/nsh/defconfig b/nuttx-configs/auav-x21/nsh/defconfig
index 450bce07a2..efa5e790ef 100644
--- a/nuttx-configs/auav-x21/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/nuttx-configs/auav-x21/nsh/defconfig
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_HAS_PROBES=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_CRASHDUMP=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_RESET_ON_CRASH=y
 CONFIG_LIB_BOARDCTL=y
-# CONFIG_BOARDCTL_RESET is not set
+CONFIG_BOARDCTL_RESET=y
 # CONFIG_BOARDCTL_UNIQUEID is not set
 CONFIG_BOARDCTL_USBDEVCTRL=y
 # CONFIG_BOARDCTL_TSCTEST is not set
diff --git a/src/drivers/boards/auav-x21/CMakeLists.txt b/src/drivers/boards/auav-x21/CMakeLists.txt
index 2faf8c8e02..eaed7ff3c7 100644
--- a/src/drivers/boards/auav-x21/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/drivers/boards/auav-x21/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ px4_add_module(
 	SRCS
 		../common/board_crashdump.c
 		../common/board_dma_alloc.c
+		../common/stm32/board_reset.c
 		auav_can.c
 		auav_init.c
 		auav_timer_config.c