diff --git a/drivers/adc/Kconfig b/drivers/adc/Kconfig
index 90bb835bcb317b..25dae0a4c35e44 100644
--- a/drivers/adc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/adc/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ if ADC
 
 config ADC_SHELL
 	bool "Enable ADC Shell"
+	default y
 	depends on SHELL
 	help
 	  Enable ADC Shell for testing.
diff --git a/drivers/can/Kconfig b/drivers/can/Kconfig
index 2a6f747f2ea862..69d40532f97c49 100644
--- a/drivers/can/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/can/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
 
 config CAN_SHELL
 	bool "Enable CAN Shell"
+	default y
 	depends on SHELL
 	help
 	  Enable CAN Shell for testing.
diff --git a/drivers/dac/Kconfig b/drivers/dac/Kconfig
index 71ac55747e526c..d446a9b3048720 100644
--- a/drivers/dac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/dac/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
 
 config DAC_SHELL
 	bool "Enable DAC shell"
+	default y
 	depends on SHELL
 	help
 	  Enable DAC related shell commands.
diff --git a/drivers/eeprom/Kconfig b/drivers/eeprom/Kconfig
index e63973c8ed1d9f..8155def8cd5675 100644
--- a/drivers/eeprom/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/eeprom/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
 
 config EEPROM_SHELL
 	bool "Enable EEPROM shell"
+	default y
 	depends on SHELL
 	help
 	  Enable the EEPROM shell with EEPROM related commands.
diff --git a/drivers/flash/Kconfig b/drivers/flash/Kconfig
index 4c84c8f09dd421..7aab2abf43e813 100644
--- a/drivers/flash/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/flash/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
 config FLASH_SHELL
 	bool "Enable Flash shell"
 	depends on SHELL && FLASH_PAGE_LAYOUT
+	default y
 	help
 	  Enable the flash shell with flash related commands such as test,
 	  write, read and erase.
diff --git a/drivers/hwinfo/Kconfig b/drivers/hwinfo/Kconfig
index 82be51b664b035..51ccf90bf9c64e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwinfo/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hwinfo/Kconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ config HWINFO_HAS_DRIVER
 
 config HWINFO_SHELL
 	bool "Enable HWINFO Shell"
+	default y
 	depends on SHELL
 	help
 	  Enable hwinfo Shell for testing.
diff --git a/drivers/lora/Kconfig b/drivers/lora/Kconfig
index c0d24f653d2966..ac8ecbf9dfefb0 100644
--- a/drivers/lora/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/lora/Kconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
 
 config LORA_SHELL
 	bool "Enable LoRa Shell"
+	default y
 	depends on SHELL
 	help
 	  Enable LoRa Shell for testing.
diff --git a/drivers/pcie/Kconfig b/drivers/pcie/Kconfig
index 2c531fa5dbc6c6..9a1d43598e26bf 100644
--- a/drivers/pcie/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pcie/Kconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ config PCIE_MSI
 
 config PCIE_SHELL
 	bool "Enable PCIe/new PCI Shell"
+	default y
 	depends on SHELL
 	help
 	  Enable commands for debugging PCI(e) using the built-in shell.
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/Kconfig b/drivers/pwm/Kconfig
index acdc3508fdcc75..8d54e30199c8bc 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pwm/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
 
 config PWM_SHELL
 	bool "Enable PWM shell"
+	default y
 	depends on SHELL
 	help
 	  Enable the PWM related shell commands.
diff --git a/subsys/shell/modules/Kconfig b/subsys/shell/modules/Kconfig
index f0060ad5e58950..0f277e15ed8ff4 100644
--- a/subsys/shell/modules/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/shell/modules/Kconfig
@@ -5,17 +5,20 @@
 
 config KERNEL_SHELL
 	bool "Enable kernel shell"
+	default y
 	help
 	  This shell provides access to basic kernel data like version, uptime
 	  and other useful information.
 
 config DEVICE_SHELL
 	bool "Enable device shell"
+	default y
 	help
 	  This shell provides access to basic device data.
 
 config DATE_SHELL
 	bool "Enable date shell"
 	depends on POSIX_CLOCK
+	default y
 	help
 	  This shell provides access to date and time based on Unix time.