diff --git a/arch/platform/srf06-cc26xx/platform.c b/arch/platform/srf06-cc26xx/platform.c
index 7b8a8c477..c9ef7b928 100644
--- a/arch/platform/srf06-cc26xx/platform.c
+++ b/arch/platform/srf06-cc26xx/platform.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "vims.h"
 #include "dev/cc26xx-uart.h"
 #include "dev/soc-rtc.h"
+#include "dev/serial-line.h"
 #include "rf-core/rf-core.h"
 #include "sys_ctrl.h"
 #include "uart.h"
@@ -168,6 +169,10 @@ platform_init_stage_two()
 
   serial_line_init();
 
+#if BUILD_WITH_SHELL
+  cc26xx_uart_set_input(serial_line_input_byte);
+#endif
+
   /* Populate linkaddr_node_addr */
   ieee_addr_cpy_to(linkaddr_node_addr.u8, LINKADDR_SIZE);