diff --git a/ports/rp2/mpconfigport.h b/ports/rp2/mpconfigport.h
index f71ddce7c5..aafa374628 100644
--- a/ports/rp2/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/rp2/mpconfigport.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL                      (MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL_FLOAT)
 #define MICROPY_USE_INTERNAL_ERRNO              (1)
 #define MICROPY_SCHEDULER_DEPTH                 (8)
+#define MICROPY_SCHEDULER_STATIC_NODES          (1)
 
 // Fine control over Python builtins, classes, modules, etc
 #define MICROPY_PY_BUILTINS_HELP_TEXT           rp2_help_text