diff --git a/Kconfig.nrf b/Kconfig.nrf
index 84445d6bbf96..adf66665fa2f 100644
--- a/Kconfig.nrf
+++ b/Kconfig.nrf
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ endif # BUILD_WITH_TFM
 
 menu "Nordic nRF Connect"
 
+# Override boot banner
+config BOOT_BANNER_STRING
+	default "Booting nRF Connect SDK version"
+
 # Override configuration from zephyr which sets this to 0x200 if MCUboot is
 # enabled (CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_MCUBOOT), since NCS use partition_manager to
 # get this offset intsead.