diff --git a/examples/lvglterm/Kconfig b/examples/lvglterm/Kconfig
index 7c4a70683..dba596b44 100644
--- a/examples/lvglterm/Kconfig
+++ b/examples/lvglterm/Kconfig
@@ -75,3 +75,13 @@ config EXAMPLES_LVGLTERM_STACKSIZE
 	default 16384
 
 endif # EXAMPLES_LVGLTERM
+
+config EXAMPLES_LVGLTERM_SHELL
+	string "Shell to run in the terminal"
+	default "nsh"
+	depends on EXAMPLES_LVGLTERM
+	---help---
+		The program the terminal spawns.  A bare name is looked up on
+		PATH; a path is taken as given, which is what a configuration
+		installing NSH under another name needs -- "/system/bin/init",
+		for instance, where NSH is the system's init.
diff --git a/examples/lvglterm/lvglterm.c b/examples/lvglterm/lvglterm.c
index f2dcb1f10..ad555cc55 100644
--- a/examples/lvglterm/lvglterm.c
+++ b/examples/lvglterm/lvglterm.c
@@ -93,7 +93,16 @@
 
 /* NSH Task to be started */
 
-#define NSH_TASK "nsh"
+/* The shell to run.  A name is looked up on PATH, a path is taken as
+ * given, which matters where the shell is installed under another name,
+ * as it is when NSH is built as the system's init.
+ */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXAMPLES_LVGLTERM_SHELL
+#  define NSH_TASK CONFIG_EXAMPLES_LVGLTERM_SHELL
+#else
+#  define NSH_TASK "nsh"
+#endif
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * Private Function Prototypes