diff --git a/src/app/backend/handler/terminal.go b/src/app/backend/handler/terminal.go
index b6ba0fdfe722..fa90062b96b3 100644
--- a/src/app/backend/handler/terminal.go
+++ b/src/app/backend/handler/terminal.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func WaitForTerminal(k8sClient kubernetes.Interface, cfg *rest.Config, request *
 		close(terminalSessions[sessionId].bound)
 
 		var err error
-		validShells := []string{"bash", "sh"}
+		validShells := []string{"bash", "sh", "powershell", "cmd"}
 
 		if isValidShell(validShells, shell) {
 			cmd := []string{shell}