diff --git a/snippets/nus-console/nus-console.overlay b/snippets/nus-console/nus-console.overlay
index 71b1b32079..b6b0dfbe38 100644
--- a/snippets/nus-console/nus-console.overlay
+++ b/snippets/nus-console/nus-console.overlay
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 / {
 	chosen {
 		zephyr,console = &bt_nus_console_uart;
+		zephyr,shell-uart = &bt_nus_console_uart;
 	};
 
 	bt_nus_console_uart: bt_nus_console_uart {