diff --git a/zephyr/samples/client_tls/user_settings.h b/zephyr/samples/client_tls/user_settings.h
index c0a567390..417db32ec 100644
--- a/zephyr/samples/client_tls/user_settings.h
+++ b/zephyr/samples/client_tls/user_settings.h
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_WOLFSSL_SETTINGS_FILE
-#include CONFIG_WOLFSSL_SETTINGS_FILE
+/* If a custom user_settings file is provided use it instead */
+#ifdef WOLFSSL_SETTINGS_FILE
+#include WOLFSSL_SETTINGS_FILE
 #endif
 
 #undef NO_FILESYSTEM