diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/ui-shell/_header-panel.scss b/packages/components/src/components/ui-shell/_header-panel.scss
index c81843d0e57e..db8fd3c12ec6 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/ui-shell/_header-panel.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/ui-shell/_header-panel.scss
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     width: carbon--mini-units(32);
     border-right: 1px solid $shell-panel-border;
     border-left: 1px solid $shell-panel-border;
+    overflow-y: auto;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/header-panel/_header-panel.scss b/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/header-panel/_header-panel.scss
index be6b2d3854a9..005b4c44f925 100644
--- a/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/header-panel/_header-panel.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/header-panel/_header-panel.scss
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
     width: mini-units(32);
     border-right: 1px solid $border-subtle;
     border-left: 1px solid $border-subtle;
+    overflow-y: auto;
   }
 }