diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix_git.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix_git.bb
index 0ec9db9e18..e5f8db24d4 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix_git.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix_git.bb
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
                  -DOTBR_REST=ON \
                  -DOTBR_WEB=OFF \
                  -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=${libdir} \
+                 -DOT_POSIX_PRODUCT_CONFIG=${sysconfdir}/openthread.conf.example \
+                 -DOT_POSIX_FACTORY_CONFIG=${sysconfdir}/openthread.conf.example \
                  -DOTBR_MDNS=avahi \
                  -DOTBR_BACKBONE_ROUTER=ON \
                  -DOTBR_BORDER_ROUTING=ON \