diff --git a/subsys/mgmt/mcumgr/Kconfig b/subsys/mgmt/mcumgr/Kconfig
index 016d6a3cb14..bfcb28f808f 100644
--- a/subsys/mgmt/mcumgr/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/mgmt/mcumgr/Kconfig
@@ -263,15 +263,23 @@ config MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL
 	  Enables handling of SMP commands received over shell.  This allows
 	  the shell to be use for both mcumgr commands and shell commands.
 
+if MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL
+
 config MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL_MTU
 	int "Shell SMP MTU"
 	default 256
-	depends on MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL
 	help
 	  Maximum size of SMP frames sent and received over shell.  This value
 	  must satisfy the following relation:
 	  MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL_MTU <= MCUMGR_BUF_SIZE + 2
 
+config MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL_RX_BUF_COUNT
+	int "Shell SMP RX buffer count"
+	default 2
+	help
+	  Number of buffers used for receiving SMP fragments over shell.
+
+endif # MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL
 
 config MCUMGR_SMP_UART
 	bool "UART mcumgr SMP transport"
diff --git a/subsys/shell/shell_uart.c b/subsys/shell/shell_uart.c
index 72eae41169c..bad9af8abd5 100644
--- a/subsys/shell/shell_uart.c
+++ b/subsys/shell/shell_uart.c
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(shell_uart);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL
-NET_BUF_POOL_DEFINE(smp_shell_rx_pool, 1, SMP_SHELL_RX_BUF_SIZE,
-		    0, NULL);
+NET_BUF_POOL_DEFINE(smp_shell_rx_pool, CONFIG_MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL_RX_BUF_COUNT,
+		    SMP_SHELL_RX_BUF_SIZE, 0, NULL);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MCUMGR_SMP_SHELL */
 
 SHELL_UART_DEFINE(shell_transport_uart,