diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/sdkconfig.defaults
index 4c2dbbc17e4..882f2c5bb8c 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 CONFIG_ESP_HTTPS_SERVER_ENABLE=y
 CONFIG_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_SIZE=y
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_SINGLE_APP_LARGE=y