diff --git a/apps/bttester/syscfg.yml b/apps/bttester/syscfg.yml
index f00afeb10..330e38d0b 100644
--- a/apps/bttester/syscfg.yml
+++ b/apps/bttester/syscfg.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ syscfg.vals:
     BLE_MONITOR_RTT: 1
     CONSOLE_RTT: 0
     CONSOLE_UART: 0
+    CONSOLE_UART_FLOW_CONTROL: UART_FLOW_CTL_RTS_CTS
     RTT_NUM_BUFFERS_UP: 0
     RTT_NUM_BUFFERS_DOWN: 0