diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/sdkconfig.defaults
index a9595bf0c1..4c2dbbc17e 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_local_ctrl/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 CONFIG_ESP_HTTPS_SERVER_ENABLE=y
+CONFIG_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_SIZE=y