diff --git a/scripts/dts/edtlib.py b/scripts/dts/edtlib.py
index 728d9541c9f..241ca9b5781 100644
--- a/scripts/dts/edtlib.py
+++ b/scripts/dts/edtlib.py
@@ -333,8 +333,9 @@ class EDT:
 
 class Device:
     """
-    Represents a device. There's a one-to-one correspondence between device
-    tree nodes and Devices.
+    Represents a device, which is a devicetree node augmented with information
+    from bindings and some interpretation of devicetree properties. There's a
+    one-to-one correspondence between device tree nodes and Devices.
 
     These attributes are available on Device objects:
 
@@ -357,7 +358,12 @@ class Device:
       if the node has no 'label'
 
     parent:
-      The parent Device, or None if there is no parent
+      The Device instance for the devicetree parent of the Device, or None if
+      there is no parent
+
+    children:
+      A dictionary with the Device instances for the devicetree children of the
+      Device, indexed by name
 
     enabled:
       True unless the device's node has 'status = "disabled"'
@@ -479,6 +485,15 @@ class Device:
         "See the class docstring"
         return self.edt._node2dev.get(self._node.parent)
 
+    @property
+    def children(self):
+        "See the class docstring"
+        # Could be initialized statically too to preserve identity, but not
+        # sure if needed. Parent Devices being initialized before their
+        # children would need to be kept in mind.
+        return {name: self.edt._node2dev[node]
+                for name, node in self._node.nodes.items()}
+
     @property
     def enabled(self):
         "See the class docstring"
diff --git a/scripts/dts/test.dts b/scripts/dts/test.dts
index b3292f3e1bc..6b30bb78329 100644
--- a/scripts/dts/test.dts
+++ b/scripts/dts/test.dts
@@ -273,6 +273,19 @@
 		};
 	};
 
+	//
+	// For testing Device.parent and Device.children
+	//
+
+	parent {
+		child-1 {
+		};
+		child-2 {
+			grandchild {
+			};
+		};
+	};
+
 	//
 	// For testing 'include:'
 	//
diff --git a/scripts/dts/testdtlib.py b/scripts/dts/testdtlib.py
index e763d9778a0..af753d4d670 100755
--- a/scripts/dts/testdtlib.py
+++ b/scripts/dts/testdtlib.py
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ import sys
 
 import dtlib
 
-# Test suite for dtlib.py. Can be run directly as an executable.
+# Test suite for dtlib.py. Run it directly as an executable, in this directory:
 #
-# This script expects to be run from the directory its in. This simplifies
-# things, as paths in the output can be assumed below.
+#   $ ./testdtlib.py
 
 # TODO: Factor out common code from error tests
 
diff --git a/scripts/dts/testedtlib.py b/scripts/dts/testedtlib.py
index 39c84c7c5dd..04de564e6a1 100755
--- a/scripts/dts/testedtlib.py
+++ b/scripts/dts/testedtlib.py
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import sys
 
 import edtlib
 
-# Test suite for edtlib.py. Mostly uses string comparisons via the various
-# __repr__() methods. Can be run directly as an executable.
+# Test suite for edtlib.py. Run it directly as an executable, in this
+# directory:
 #
-# This script expects to be run from the directory its in. This simplifies
-# things, as paths in the output can be assumed below.
+#   $ ./testedtlib.py
 #
-# test.dts is the test file, and test-bindings/ has bindings.
+# test.dts is the test file. test-bindings/ has bindings. The tests mostly use
+# string comparisons via the various __repr__() methods.
 
 
 def run():
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ def run():
     def fail(msg):
         sys.exit("test failed: " + msg)
 
-    def verify_streq(actual, expected):
-        actual = str(actual)
+    def verify_eq(actual, expected):
         if actual != expected:
             # Put values on separate lines to make it easy to spot differences
             fail("not equal (expected value last):\n'{}'\n'{}'"
                  .format(actual, expected))
 
+    def verify_streq(actual, expected):
+        verify_eq(str(actual), expected)
+
     edt = edtlib.EDT("test.dts", ["test-bindings"])
 
     #
@@ -97,6 +99,23 @@ def run():
     verify_streq(edt.get_dev("/reg-nested-ranges/grandparent/parent/node").regs,
                  "[<Register, addr: 0x30000000200000001, size: 0x1>]")
 
+    #
+    # Test Device.parent and Device.children
+    #
+
+    verify_eq(edt.get_dev("/").parent, None)
+
+    verify_streq(edt.get_dev("/parent/child-1").parent,
+                 "<Device /parent in 'test.dts', no binding>")
+
+    verify_streq(edt.get_dev("/parent/child-2/grandchild").parent,
+                 "<Device /parent/child-2 in 'test.dts', no binding>")
+
+    verify_streq(edt.get_dev("/parent").children,
+                 "{'child-1': <Device /parent/child-1 in 'test.dts', no binding>, 'child-2': <Device /parent/child-2 in 'test.dts', no binding>}")
+
+    verify_eq(edt.get_dev("/parent/child-1").children, {})
+
     #
     # Test 'include:' and the legacy 'inherits: !include ...'
     #