diff --git a/snippets/cdc-acm-console/cdc-acm-console.overlay b/snippets/cdc-acm-console/cdc-acm-console.overlay
index 91e61886e52..52d8627803c 100644
--- a/snippets/cdc-acm-console/cdc-acm-console.overlay
+++ b/snippets/cdc-acm-console/cdc-acm-console.overlay
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 / {
 	chosen {
 		zephyr,console = &snippet_cdc_acm_console_uart;
+		zephyr,shell-uart = &snippet_cdc_acm_console_uart;
 	};
 };