diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/Kconfig.board b/boards/xtensa/esp32/Kconfig.board
index 0294713a218..b0b259a8d33 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/Kconfig.board
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/Kconfig.board
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 config BOARD_ESP32
 	bool "ESP32 Development Board"
 	depends on SOC_ESP32
+	select HAS_DTS
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32.dts b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..324a4f26b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+/dts-v1/;
+
+#include "esp32.dtsi"
+
+/ {
+	model = "esp32";
+	compatible = "xtensa,esp32";
+
+	aliases {
+		uart-0 = &uart0;
+	};
+
+	chosen {
+		zephyr,sram = &sram0;
+		zephyr,console = &uart0;
+	};
+};
+
+&uart0 {
+	status = "ok";
+	current-speed = <115200>;
+};
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32_defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32_defconfig
index c068def7303..2b461ec53ae 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32_defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32/esp32_defconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC=40000000
 CONFIG_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_HAS_DRIVER=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL=y
-CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE_ON_DEV_NAME="ROMUART"
 CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_UART_ESP32=y
 
diff --git a/dts/bindings/serial/xtensa,esp32-uart.yaml b/dts/bindings/serial/xtensa,esp32-uart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e96b80c22d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/bindings/serial/xtensa,esp32-uart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+title: ESP32 Uart
+version: 0.1
+
+description: >
+    This binding gives a base representation of the ESP32 UART
+
+inherits:
+    !include uart.yaml
+
+properties:
+    compatible:
+      type: string
+      category: required
+      description: compatible strings
+      constraint: "xtensa,esp32-uart"
+
+    reg:
+      type: array
+      description: mmio register space
+      generation: define
+      category: required
+
+    interrupts:
+      type: array
+      category: required
+      description: required interrupts
+      generation: define
+
+    clocks:
+      type: array
+      category: required
+      description: Clock gate control information
+      generation: structures
+...
diff --git a/dts/xtensa/esp32.dtsi b/dts/xtensa/esp32.dtsi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..548ac00781f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/xtensa/esp32.dtsi
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include "skeleton.dtsi"
+
+/ {
+	cpus {
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+
+		cpu@0 {
+			device_type = "cpu";
+			compatible = "LX6";
+			reg = <0>;
+		};
+
+		cpu@1 {
+			device_type = "cpu";
+			compatible = "LX6";
+			reg = <1>;
+		};
+
+	};
+
+	sram0: memory@3ffb0000 {
+		device_type = "memory";
+		compatible = "mmio-sram";
+		reg = <0x3FFB0000 0x50000>;
+	};
+
+	soc {
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <1>;
+		compatible = "simple-bus";
+		ranges;
+
+		uart0: uart@40008fd0 {
+			compatible = "xtensa,esp32-uart";
+			reg = <0x40008fd0 0x400>;
+			label = "ROMUART";
+
+			status = "disabled";
+		};
+
+	};
+};
diff --git a/soc/xtensa/esp32/linker.ld b/soc/xtensa/esp32/linker.ld
index 7928e8c6559..405e0ac6bec 100644
--- a/soc/xtensa/esp32/linker.ld
+++ b/soc/xtensa/esp32/linker.ld
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define _LINKER
 #define _ASMLANGUAGE
 
+#include <generated_dts_board.h>
 #include <autoconf.h>
 #include <linker/sections.h>
 #include <linker/linker-defs.h>