diff --git a/boards/espressif/esp32c6_devkitc/esp32c6_devkitc.dts b/boards/espressif/esp32c6_devkitc/esp32c6_devkitc.dts
index 896ae30530cc..180d08d121e8 100644
--- a/boards/espressif/esp32c6_devkitc/esp32c6_devkitc.dts
+++ b/boards/espressif/esp32c6_devkitc/esp32c6_devkitc.dts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 		zephyr,shell-uart = &uart0;
 		zephyr,flash = &flash0;
 		zephyr,code-partition = &slot0_partition;
+		zephyr,ieee802154 = &ieee802154;
 	};
 
 	aliases {
@@ -71,3 +72,7 @@
 &wdt0 {
 	status = "okay";
 };
+
+&ieee802154 {
+	status = "okay";
+};
diff --git a/boards/espressif/esp32c6_devkitc/esp32c6_devkitc.yaml b/boards/espressif/esp32c6_devkitc/esp32c6_devkitc.yaml
index f36685e8367d..a267cf284dd9 100644
--- a/boards/espressif/esp32c6_devkitc/esp32c6_devkitc.yaml
+++ b/boards/espressif/esp32c6_devkitc/esp32c6_devkitc.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ supported:
   - counter
   - entropy
   - i2c
+  - netif:openthread
diff --git a/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c6/xiao_esp32c6.dts b/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c6/xiao_esp32c6.dts
index d155f5aa2014..de0820523b5b 100644
--- a/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c6/xiao_esp32c6.dts
+++ b/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c6/xiao_esp32c6.dts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 		zephyr,shell-uart = &usb_serial;
 		zephyr,flash = &flash0;
 		zephyr,code-partition = &slot0_partition;
+		zephyr,ieee802154 = &ieee802154;
 	};
 
 	leds: leds {
@@ -76,3 +77,7 @@
 	pinctrl-0 = <&uart0_default>;
 	pinctrl-names = "default";
 };
+
+&ieee802154 {
+	status = "okay";
+};
diff --git a/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c6/xiao_esp32c6.yaml b/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c6/xiao_esp32c6.yaml
index 50a8f099a3e5..ef65d5209942 100644
--- a/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c6/xiao_esp32c6.yaml
+++ b/boards/seeed/xiao_esp32c6/xiao_esp32c6.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ supported:
   - spi
   - entropy
   - i2c
+  - netif:openthread
 testing:
   ignore_tags:
     - tracing
diff --git a/dts/riscv/espressif/esp32c6/esp32c6_common.dtsi b/dts/riscv/espressif/esp32c6/esp32c6_common.dtsi
index d8049584fb17..1150658288a1 100644
--- a/dts/riscv/espressif/esp32c6/esp32c6_common.dtsi
+++ b/dts/riscv/espressif/esp32c6/esp32c6_common.dtsi
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
 		status = "disabled";
 	};
 
+	ieee802154: ieee802154 {
+		compatible = "espressif,esp32-ieee802154";
+		status = "disabled";
+	};
+
 	soc {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;