diff --git a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
index 8ae217f82bf..5f62fbb4eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
@@ -30,12 +30,26 @@ config I2C_STATS
 	  Enable I2C Stats.
 
 config I2C_DUMP_MESSAGES
-	bool "Log all I2C transactions"
+	bool "Log I2C transactions"
 	depends on LOG
 	depends on I2C_LOG_LEVEL_DBG
 	help
 	  Dump every I2C transaction to the system log as debug level log messages.
 
+config I2C_DUMP_MESSAGES_ALLOWLIST
+	bool "Use allowlist for logging of I2C transactions"
+	depends on I2C_DUMP_MESSAGES
+	depends on DT_HAS_ZEPHYR_I2C_DUMP_ALLOWLIST_ENABLED
+	help
+	  Use allowlist to specify which devices transactions should be logged.
+	  The allowlist is defined in the devicetree using the compatible string of
+	  "zephyr,i2c-dump-allowlist" and phandles to the devices that need to be traced.
+	  Example of devicetree node:
+	  i2c-dump-allowlist {
+	    compatible = "zephyr,i2c-dump-allowlist";
+	    devices = < &display0 >, < &sensor3 >;
+	  };
+
 config I2C_CALLBACK
 	bool "I2C asynchronous callback API"
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c_common.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c_common.c
index 616e15a2d03..93986d6f58d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c_common.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c_common.c
@@ -25,9 +25,39 @@ void z_i2c_transfer_signal_cb(const struct device *dev,
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_I2C_DUMP_MESSAGES_ALLOWLIST
+#define DEF_BUS_WITH_ADDR(node, prop, idx) I2C_DT_SPEC_GET(DT_PHANDLE_BY_IDX(node, prop, idx)),
+#define DEF_ALLOWLIST_DEV(node)            DT_FOREACH_PROP_ELEM(node, devices, DEF_BUS_WITH_ADDR)
+
+struct i2c_dt_spec messages_allowlist[] = {
+	DT_FOREACH_STATUS_OKAY(zephyr_i2c_dump_allowlist, DEF_ALLOWLIST_DEV)};
+
+#undef DEF_ALLOWLIST_DEV
+#undef DEF_BUS_WITH_ADDR
+#endif
+
 void i2c_dump_msgs_rw(const struct device *dev, const struct i2c_msg *msgs, uint8_t num_msgs,
 		      uint16_t addr, bool dump_read)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_I2C_DUMP_MESSAGES_ALLOWLIST
+	bool found_dev = 0;
+
+	for (int a = 0; a < ARRAY_SIZE(messages_allowlist); a++) {
+		struct i2c_dt_spec *allowed = &messages_allowlist[a];
+
+		if (dev != allowed->bus || addr != allowed->addr) {
+			continue;
+		} else {
+			found_dev = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!found_dev) {
+		return;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	LOG_DBG("I2C msg: %s, addr=%x", dev->name, addr);
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < num_msgs; i++) {
 		const struct i2c_msg *msg = &msgs[i];
diff --git a/dts/bindings/i2c/zephyr,i2c-dump-allowlist.yaml b/dts/bindings/i2c/zephyr,i2c-dump-allowlist.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1657aa7459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/bindings/i2c/zephyr,i2c-dump-allowlist.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+description: Devices allowlist for i2c messages dump
+
+compatible: "zephyr,i2c-dump-allowlist"
+
+include: base.yaml
+
+properties:
+  status:
+    const: "okay"
+
+  devices:
+    required: true
+    type: phandles