diff --git a/doc/guides/kconfig/index.rst b/doc/guides/kconfig/index.rst
index f9ed279f935..3ea4257c74c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/kconfig/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/kconfig/index.rst
@@ -637,6 +637,10 @@ Device Tree Related Functions
            'm' or 'M'  divide by 1,048,576 (1 << 20)
            'g' or 'G'  divide by 1,073,741,824 (1 << 30)
 
+  dt_str_val(kconf, _, name):
+       This function looks up 'name' in the DTS generated "conf" style database
+       and if its found it will return the value as string.
+
 Example Usage
 =============
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/kconfigfunctions.py b/scripts/kconfig/kconfigfunctions.py
index 860f6b3bbc1..ec0632c4023 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/kconfigfunctions.py
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/kconfigfunctions.py
@@ -76,8 +76,18 @@ def dt_hex_val(kconf, _, name, unit=None):
 
     return hex(d)
 
+def dt_str_val(kconf, _, name):
+    """
+    This function looks up 'name' in the DTS generated "conf" style database
+    and if its found it will return the value as string.
+    """
+    if doc_mode or name not in dt_defines:
+        return ""
+
+    return dt_defines[name].strip('\"')
 
 functions = {
         "dt_int_val": (dt_int_val, 1, 2),
         "dt_hex_val": (dt_hex_val, 1, 2),
+        "dt_str_val": (dt_str_val, 1, 1),
 }