diff --git a/drivers/sensor/max30101/Kconfig b/drivers/sensor/max30101/Kconfig
index 834b1f79269..02469c229fd 100644
--- a/drivers/sensor/max30101/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/sensor/max30101/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ menuconfig MAX30101
 
 if MAX30101
 
+if !HAS_DTS_I2C_DEVICE
+
 config MAX30101_NAME
 	string
 	prompt "Driver name"
@@ -21,9 +23,10 @@ config MAX30101_NAME
 config MAX30101_I2C_NAME
 	string
 	prompt "I2C device name"
-	depends on !HAS_DTS_I2C
 	default "I2C_0"
 
+endif # !HAS_DTS_I2C_DEVICE
+
 config MAX30101_SMP_AVE
 	int "Sample averaging"
 	range 0 7
diff --git a/dts/bindings/sensor/max,max30101.yaml b/dts/bindings/sensor/max,max30101.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..244e1bc054e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/bindings/sensor/max,max30101.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018, NXP
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+---
+title: MAX30101 heart rate sensor
+id: nxp,max30101
+version: 0.1
+
+description: >
+    This is a representation of the MAX30101 heart rate sensor
+
+inherits:
+    !include i2c-device.yaml
+
+properties:
+    compatible:
+      constraint: "max,max30101"
+
+...