diff --git a/components/utilities/Kconfig b/components/utilities/Kconfig
index abd7c239940..bffc381c748 100644
--- a/components/utilities/Kconfig
+++ b/components/utilities/Kconfig
@@ -192,6 +192,14 @@ menuconfig RT_USING_ULOG
                 It will enable the log filter.
                 Such as level filter, log tag filter, log kw filter and tag's level filter.
 
+        config ULOG_USING_FINSH_CMD
+            bool "Enable ulog finsh/msh commands"
+            depends on ULOG_USING_FILTER && RT_USING_FINSH
+            default y
+            help
+                Enable this option to use ulog commands in finsh/msh,
+                such as ulog_lvl, ulog_tag, ulog_kw and so on.
+
         config ULOG_USING_SYSLOG
             bool "Enable syslog format log and API."
             select ULOG_OUTPUT_TIME
diff --git a/components/utilities/ulog/ulog.c b/components/utilities/ulog/ulog.c
index 52ca55de106..1a589e6a627 100644
--- a/components/utilities/ulog/ulog.c
+++ b/components/utilities/ulog/ulog.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ const char *ulog_global_filter_kw_get(void)
     return ulog.filter.keyword;
 }
 
-#ifdef RT_USING_FINSH
+#if defined(RT_USING_FINSH) && defined(ULOG_USING_FINSH_CMD)
 #include <finsh.h>
 
 static void _print_lvl_info(void)
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ static void ulog_filter(uint8_t argc, char **argv)
     }
 }
 MSH_CMD_EXPORT(ulog_filter, Show ulog filter settings);
-#endif /* RT_USING_FINSH */
+#endif /* RT_USING_FINSH && ULOG_USING_FINSH_CMD */
 #endif /* ULOG_USING_FILTER */
 
 /**