diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/usbdev/defconfig b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/usbdev/defconfig
index 6e56a1f7d3..f484f0e930 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/usbdev/defconfig
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/configs/usbdev/defconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #
 # CONFIG_SIM_UART_DMA is not set
 CONFIG_ADBD_FILE_SERVICE=y
+CONFIG_ADBD_SHELL_SERVICE=y
 CONFIG_ADBD_USB_BOARDCTL=y
 CONFIG_ADBD_USB_SERVER=y
 CONFIG_ARCH="sim"