diff --git a/arch/arm/src/nrf53/CMakeLists.txt b/arch/arm/src/nrf53/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a77e337244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/src/nrf53/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+############################################################################
+# arch/arm/src/nrf53/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+set(SRCS
+    nrf53_start.c
+    nrf53_clockconfig.c
+    nrf53_irq.c
+    nrf53_utils.c
+    nrf53_allocateheap.c
+    nrf53_lowputc.c
+    nrf53_gpio.c
+    nrf53_uid.c)
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_SYSTIMER_SYSTICK)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_systick.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_SYSTIMER_RTC)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_tickless_rtc.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_APPCORE)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_oscconfig.c nrf53_cpunet.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_PROGMEM)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_flash.c)
+endif()
+
+if(NOT CONFIG_ARCH_IDLE_CUSTOM)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_idle.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_GPIOTE)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_gpiote.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_UART)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_serial.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_IPC)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_ipc.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_RPTUN)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_rptun.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_SPI_MASTER)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_spi.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_I2C_MASTER)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_i2c.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_TIMER)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_tim.c)
+
+  if(CONFIG_TIMER)
+    list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_tim_lowerhalf.c)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_RTC)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_rtc.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_PWM)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_pwm.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_SAADC)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_adc.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_PM)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_pminitialize.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_USBDEV)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_usbd.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_QSPI)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_qspi.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_SOFTDEVICE_CONTROLLER)
+
+set(NRFXLIB_VER "2.3.0")
+set(NRFXLIB_URL "https://github.com/nrfconnect/sdk-nrfxlib/archive")
+
+if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/sdk-nrfxlib)
+  FetchContent_Declare(
+    sdk-nrfxlib
+    DOWNLOAD_NAME "sdk-nrfxlib-v${NRFXLIB_VER}.tar.gz"
+    DOWNLOAD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
+    URL "${NRFXLIB_URL}/v${NRFXLIB_VER}.tar.gz"
+        SOURCE_DIR
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/sdk-nrfxlib
+        BINARY_DIR
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arch/sdk-nrfxlib
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND
+        ""
+        BUILD_COMMAND
+        ""
+        INSTALL_COMMAND
+        ""
+        TEST_COMMAND
+        ""
+    DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS true
+    TIMEOUT 30)
+
+  FetchContent_GetProperties(sdk-nrfxlib)
+
+  if(NOT sdk-nrfxlib_POPULATED)
+    FetchContent_Populate(sdk-nrfxlib)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+set(NRFXLIB_DIR "${NUTTX_CHIP_ABS_DIR}/sdk-nrfxlib")
+
+target_include_directories(arch PRIVATE ${NUTTX_CHIP_ABS_DIR}/sdc)
+target_include_directories(arch PRIVATE ${NRFXLIB_DIR}/mpsl/include)
+target_include_directories(arch PRIVATE ${NRFXLIB_DIR}/softdevice_controller/include)
+
+list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_sdc.c)
+
+add_compile_options(-DNRF53_SERIES)
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_FPU)
+  set(NRFXLIB_LIB_VARIANT hard-float)
+else ()
+  set(NRFXLIB_LIB_VARIANT soft-float)
+endif()
+
+set(SOFTDEVICE_LIB_VARIANT libsoftdevice_controller_multirole.a)
+
+target_link_libraries(arch
+  ${NRFXLIB_DIR}/mpsl/lib/cortex-m33+nodsp/${NRFXLIB_LIB_VARIANT}/libmpsl.a)
+target_link_libraries(arch
+  ${NRFXLIB_DIR}/softdevice_controller/lib/cortex-m33+nodsp/${NRFXLIB_LIB_VARIANT}/${SOFTDEVICE_LIB_VARIANT})
+
+endif()
+
+target_sources(arch PRIVATE ${SRCS})
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/common/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm/nrf53/common/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b42be3bbd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+############################################################################
+# boards/arm/nrf53/common/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+add_subdirectory(src)
+target_include_directories(board PRIVATE include)
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/common/src/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm/nrf53/common/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8dfce1417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/common/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+############################################################################
+# boards/arm/nrf53/common/src/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_COMMON)
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_TIMER)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_timer.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_BOARDCTL_BOOT_IMAGE)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_boot_image.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_PROGMEM)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_progmem.c)
+endif()
+
+target_sources(board PRIVATE ${SRCS})
+
+endif()
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-audio-dk/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-audio-dk/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3c3e6767d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-audio-dk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# ##############################################################################
+# boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-audio-dk/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+# license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
+# additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
+# file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+#
+# ##############################################################################
+
+add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-audio-dk/src/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-audio-dk/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b33c3fec5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-audio-dk/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+############################################################################
+# boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-audio-dk/src/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+set(SRCS nrf53_boot.c nrf53_bringup.c)
+
+if(CONFIG_BOARDCTL)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_appinit.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_autoleds.c)
+else()
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_userleds.c)
+endif()
+
+target_sources(board PRIVATE ${SRCS})
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_COMMON)
+  if(CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340_CPUAPP)
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_COMMON_DIR}/scripts/flash_app.ld")
+  else()
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_COMMON_DIR}/scripts/flash_net.ld")
+  endif()
+else()
+  if(CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340_CPUAPP)
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_BOARD_DIR}/scripts/flash_app.ld")
+  else()
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_BOARD_DIR}/scripts/flash_net.ld")
+  endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a9bbe8fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# ##############################################################################
+# boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+# license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
+# additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
+# file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+#
+# ##############################################################################
+
+add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/src/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4844fad4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+############################################################################
+# boards/arm/nrf53/nrf5340-dk/src/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+set(SRCS nrf53_boot.c nrf53_bringup.c)
+
+if(CONFIG_BOARDCTL)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_appinit.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_APPCORE)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_cpunet_boot.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_autoleds.c)
+else()
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_userleds.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_BUTTONS)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_buttons.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_PWM)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_pwm.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_ADC)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_adc.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_USBDEV)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_usb.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_USBDEV_COMPOSITE)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_composite.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_QSPI)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_mx25.c)
+endif()
+
+target_sources(board PRIVATE ${SRCS})
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_COMMON)
+  if(CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340_CPUAPP)
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_COMMON_DIR}/scripts/flash_app.ld")
+  else()
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_COMMON_DIR}/scripts/flash_net.ld")
+  endif()
+else()
+  if(CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340_CPUAPP)
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_BOARD_DIR}/scripts/flash_app.ld")
+  else()
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_BOARD_DIR}/scripts/flash_net.ld")
+  endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7fbe60a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# ##############################################################################
+# boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+# license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
+# additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
+# file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+#
+# ##############################################################################
+
+add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/src/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..005e2049c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+############################################################################
+# boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/src/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+# ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+set(SRCS nrf53_boot.c nrf53_bringup.c)
+
+if(CONFIG_BOARDCTL)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_appinit.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_autoleds.c)
+else()
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_userleds.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_NRF53_APPCORE)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_cpunet_boot.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_BUTTONS)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_buttons.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_USBDEV)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_usb.c)
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_USBDEV_COMPOSITE)
+  list(APPEND SRCS nrf53_composite.c)
+endif()
+
+target_sources(board PRIVATE ${SRCS})
+
+if(CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_COMMON)
+  if(CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340_CPUAPP)
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_COMMON_DIR}/scripts/flash_app.ld")
+  else()
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_COMMON_DIR}/scripts/flash_net.ld")
+  endif()
+else()
+  if(CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340_CPUAPP)
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_BOARD_DIR}/scripts/flash_app.ld")
+  else()
+    set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_BOARD_DIR}/scripts/flash_net.ld")
+  endif()
+endif()