diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 90e0d4f40b195..561a9469b7689 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1057,6 +1057,9 @@ if(CONFIG_USERSPACE)
   if(CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC)
     set(NEWLIB_PART -l libc.a z_libc_partition)
   endif()
+  if(CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_NANO)
+    set(NEWLIB_PART -l libc_nano.a z_libc_partition)
+  endif()
   if(CONFIG_MBEDTLS)
     set(MBEDTLS_PART -l lib..__modules__crypto__mbedtls.a k_mbedtls_partition)
   endif()
diff --git a/tests/lib/mem_alloc/README.txt b/tests/lib/mem_alloc/README.txt
index 40e7e375360dd..1e996cb81d60b 100644
--- a/tests/lib/mem_alloc/README.txt
+++ b/tests/lib/mem_alloc/README.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Standard Libraries
 
 Description:
 
-This test verifies kernel access to the dynamic memory allocation funtions
+This test verifies kernel access to the dynamic memory allocation functions
 provided by standard C libraries supported in Zephyr:
 NEWLIB and MINIMAL_LIB.
 It is intended to catch issues in which a library is completely absent
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ on QEMU as follows:
 
 Troubleshooting:
 
-Problems caused by out-dated project information can be addressed by
+Problems caused by outdated project information can be addressed by
 issuing one of the following commands then rebuilding the project:
 
     make clean          # discard results of previous builds
diff --git a/tests/lib/mem_alloc/prj_newlibnano.conf b/tests/lib/mem_alloc/prj_newlibnano.conf
index 2f301e7ae4b79..c7ee608b62722 100644
--- a/tests/lib/mem_alloc/prj_newlibnano.conf
+++ b/tests/lib/mem_alloc/prj_newlibnano.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ZTEST=y
 CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC=y
 CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_NANO=y
+CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC_ALIGNED_HEAP_SIZE=512
+CONFIG_TEST_USERSPACE=y