diff --git a/ports/unix/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.h b/ports/unix/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.h
index 7c3e84cc44e1..54ad99323625 100644
--- a/ports/unix/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.h
+++ b/ports/unix/variants/dev/mpconfigvariant.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #define MICROPY_VFS                             (1)
 #define MICROPY_VFS_POSIX                       (1)
 
+#define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_HELP                (1)
+#define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_HELP_MODULES        (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS_SETTRACE                 (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UOS_VFS                      (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_URANDOM_EXTRA_FUNCS          (1)
diff --git a/ports/unix/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.h b/ports/unix/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.h
index 79b8fe2a3be2..3cdcfa8e9b8c 100644
--- a/ports/unix/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.h
+++ b/ports/unix/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.h
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_HELP                (1)
+#define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_HELP_MODULES        (1)