diff --git a/boards/microchip/m2gl025_miv/m2gl025_miv.yaml b/boards/microchip/m2gl025_miv/m2gl025_miv.yaml
index 3f60b02c59e..4ba9e126a7f 100644
--- a/boards/microchip/m2gl025_miv/m2gl025_miv.yaml
+++ b/boards/microchip/m2gl025_miv/m2gl025_miv.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ testing:
   ignore_tags:
     - net
     - bluetooth
+  renode:
+    uart: sysbus.uart
+    resc: boards/microchip/m2gl025_miv/support/m2gl025_miv.resc
 vendor: microchip
diff --git a/boards/renode/riscv32_virtual/riscv32_virtual.yaml b/boards/renode/riscv32_virtual/riscv32_virtual.yaml
index 600a5679f7e..64cab1f32ba 100644
--- a/boards/renode/riscv32_virtual/riscv32_virtual.yaml
+++ b/boards/renode/riscv32_virtual/riscv32_virtual.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ testing:
   ignore_tags:
     - net
     - bluetooth
+  renode:
+    uart: sysbus.uart0
+    resc: boards/renode/riscv32_virtual/support/riscv32_virtual.resc
 supported:
   - uart
diff --git a/boards/sifive/hifive1/hifive1.yaml b/boards/sifive/hifive1/hifive1.yaml
index 345768fb279..99463674324 100644
--- a/boards/sifive/hifive1/hifive1.yaml
+++ b/boards/sifive/hifive1/hifive1.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ testing:
     - bluetooth
     - flash
     - newlib
+  renode:
+    uart: sysbus.uart0
+    resc: boards/sifive/hifive1/support/hifive1.resc
 vendor: sifive
diff --git a/boards/sifive/hifive_unleashed/hifive_unleashed.yaml b/boards/sifive/hifive_unleashed/hifive_unleashed.yaml
index 749c62f4dca..1fb91e4c2e0 100644
--- a/boards/sifive/hifive_unleashed/hifive_unleashed.yaml
+++ b/boards/sifive/hifive_unleashed/hifive_unleashed.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ testing:
     - flash
     - newlib
     - crypto
+  renode:
+    uart: sysbus.uart0
+    resc: boards/sifive/hifive_unleashed/support/hifive_unleashed.resc
 supported:
   - gpio
   - spi
diff --git a/boards/sifive/hifive_unmatched/hifive_unmatched.yaml b/boards/sifive/hifive_unmatched/hifive_unmatched.yaml
index 0743a9cc0f5..6fbfb696ce1 100644
--- a/boards/sifive/hifive_unmatched/hifive_unmatched.yaml
+++ b/boards/sifive/hifive_unmatched/hifive_unmatched.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ testing:
   ignore_tags:
     - net
     - bluetooth
+  renode:
+    uart: sysbus.uart0
+    resc: boards/sifive/hifive_unmatched/support/hifive_unmatched.resc
 supported:
   - spi
   - memc
diff --git a/cmake/emu/renode.cmake b/cmake/emu/renode.cmake
index ab26cfeaf80..4deebd848c9 100644
--- a/cmake/emu/renode.cmake
+++ b/cmake/emu/renode.cmake
@@ -22,40 +22,7 @@ add_custom_target(run_renode
   COMMAND
   ${RENODE}
   ${RENODE_FLAGS}
-  -e '$$bin=@${APPLICATION_BINARY_DIR}/zephyr/${KERNEL_ELF_NAME}\; include @${RENODE_SCRIPT}\; ${RENODE_OVERLAY} s'
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${APPLICATION_BINARY_DIR}
-  DEPENDS ${logical_target_for_zephyr_elf}
-  USES_TERMINAL
-  )
-
-find_program(
-  RENODE_TEST
-  renode-test
-  )
-
-set(RENODE_TEST_FLAGS
-  --variable ELF:@${APPLICATION_BINARY_DIR}/zephyr/${KERNEL_ELF_NAME}
-  --variable RESC:@${RENODE_SCRIPT}
-  --variable UART:${RENODE_UART}
-  --variable KEYWORDS:${ZEPHYR_BASE}/tests/robot/common.robot
-  --results-dir ${APPLICATION_BINARY_DIR}
-  )
-
-add_custom_target(run_renode_test
-  COMMAND /bin/sh -c "\
-    if [ -z $$ROBOT_FILES ] \;\
-    then\
-        echo ''\;\
-        echo '--- Error: Robot file path is required to run Robot tests in Renode. To provide the path please set the ROBOT_FILES variable.'\;\
-        echo '--- To rerun the test with west execute:'\;\
-        echo '--- ROBOT_FILES=\\<FILES\\> west build -p -b \\<BOARD\\> -s \\<SOURCE_DIR\\> -t run_renode_test'\;\
-        echo ''\;\
-        exit 1\;\
-    fi\;"
-  COMMAND
-  ${RENODE_TEST}
-  ${RENODE_TEST_FLAGS}
-  ${APPLICATION_SOURCE_DIR}/$$ROBOT_FILES
+  -e '$$bin=@${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${KERNEL_ELF_NAME}\; include @${RENODE_SCRIPT}\; ${RENODE_OVERLAY} s'
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${APPLICATION_BINARY_DIR}
   DEPENDS ${logical_target_for_zephyr_elf}
   USES_TERMINAL
diff --git a/doc/develop/test/twister.rst b/doc/develop/test/twister.rst
index 4f0169ecec6..3be0132b05c 100644
--- a/doc/develop/test/twister.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/test/twister.rst
@@ -1347,12 +1347,6 @@ To execute a Robot test suite with twister, run the following command:
 
          python .\scripts\twister --platform hifive1 --test samples/subsys/shell/shell_module/sample.shell.shell_module.robot
 
-It's also possible to run it by `west` directly, with:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   $ ROBOT_FILES=shell_module.robot west build -p -b hifive1 -s samples/subsys/shell/shell_module -t run_renode_test
-
 Writing Robot tests
 ===================
 
diff --git a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/handlers.py b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/handlers.py
index 414f89f207a..3a3c8de4cb3 100755
--- a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/handlers.py
+++ b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/handlers.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import time
 from queue import Queue, Empty
 from twisterlib.environment import ZEPHYR_BASE, strip_ansi_sequences
 from twisterlib.error import TwisterException
+from twisterlib.platform import Platform
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(ZEPHYR_BASE, "scripts/pylib/build_helpers"))
 from domains import Domains
 
@@ -232,7 +233,21 @@ class BinaryHandler(Handler):
 
     def _create_command(self, robot_test):
         if robot_test:
-            command = [self.generator_cmd, "run_renode_test"]
+            keywords = os.path.join(self.options.coverage_basedir, 'tests/robot/common.robot')
+            elf = os.path.join(self.build_dir, "zephyr/zephyr.elf")
+            command = [self.generator_cmd]
+            resc = ""
+            uart = ""
+            # os.path.join cannot be used on a Mock object, so we are
+            # explicitly checking the type
+            if isinstance(self.instance.platform, Platform):
+                resc = os.path.join(self.options.coverage_basedir, self.instance.platform.resc)
+                uart = self.instance.platform.uart
+                command = ["renode-test",
+                            "--variable", "KEYWORDS:" + keywords,
+                            "--variable", "ELF:@" + elf,
+                            "--variable", "RESC:@" + resc,
+                            "--variable", "UART:" + uart]
         elif self.call_make_run:
             command = [self.generator_cmd, "run"]
         elif self.instance.testsuite.type == "unit":
diff --git a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/harness.py b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/harness.py
index b0925c0fce0..8f4f47a7f08 100644
--- a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/harness.py
+++ b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/harness.py
@@ -152,18 +152,17 @@ class Robot(Harness):
         tc.status = "passed"
 
     def run_robot_test(self, command, handler):
-
         start_time = time.time()
         env = os.environ.copy()
-        env["ROBOT_FILES"] = self.path
 
+        command.append(os.path.join(handler.sourcedir, self.path))
         with subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd=self.instance.build_dir, env=env) as cmake_proc:
-            out, _ = cmake_proc.communicate()
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd=self.instance.build_dir, env=env) as renode_test_proc:
+            out, _ = renode_test_proc.communicate()
 
             self.instance.execution_time = time.time() - start_time
 
-            if cmake_proc.returncode == 0:
+            if renode_test_proc.returncode == 0:
                 self.instance.status = "passed"
                 # all tests in one Robot file are treated as a single test case,
                 # so its status should be set accordingly to the instance status
diff --git a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/platform.py b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/platform.py
index 769876cf05a..44672c36a77 100644
--- a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/platform.py
+++ b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/platform.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class Platform:
         self.env = []
         self.env_satisfied = True
         self.filter_data = dict()
+        self.uart = ""
+        self.resc = ""
 
     def load(self, platform_file):
         scp = TwisterConfigParser(platform_file, self.platform_schema)
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ class Platform:
         self.only_tags = testing.get("only_tags", [])
         self.default = testing.get("default", False)
         self.binaries = testing.get("binaries", [])
+        renode = testing.get("renode", {})
+        self.uart = renode.get("uart", "")
+        self.resc = renode.get("resc", "")
         # if no flash size is specified by the board, take a default of 512K
         self.flash = data.get("flash", 512)
         self.supported = set()
diff --git a/scripts/schemas/twister/platform-schema.yaml b/scripts/schemas/twister/platform-schema.yaml
index b5c3339fc03..dd9dfe10daf 100644
--- a/scripts/schemas/twister/platform-schema.yaml
+++ b/scripts/schemas/twister/platform-schema.yaml
@@ -100,3 +100,10 @@ mapping:
         type: seq
         seq:
           - type: str
+      "renode":
+        type: map
+        mapping:
+          "uart":
+            type: str
+          "resc":
+            type: str
diff --git a/scripts/tests/twister/test_handlers.py b/scripts/tests/twister/test_handlers.py
index b5012646eb9..2aa6aa92fcb 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/twister/test_handlers.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/twister/test_handlers.py
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ from contextlib import nullcontext
 from importlib import reload
 from serial import SerialException
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError, TimeoutExpired
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 import twisterlib.harness
 
-from conftest import ZEPHYR_BASE
+ZEPHYR_BASE = os.getenv("ZEPHYR_BASE")
+
 from twisterlib.error import TwisterException
 from twisterlib.handlers import (
     Handler,
@@ -413,7 +415,7 @@ TESTDATA_4 = [
      ['valgrind', '--error-exitcode=2', '--leak-check=full',
       f'--suppressions={ZEPHYR_BASE}/scripts/valgrind.supp',
       '--log-file=build_dir/valgrind.log', '--track-origins=yes',
-      'generator', 'run_renode_test']),
+      'generator']),
     (False, True, False, 123, None, ['generator', 'run', '--seed=123']),
     (False, False, False, None, ['ex1', 'ex2'], ['build_dir/zephyr/zephyr.exe', 'ex1', 'ex2']),
 ]
@@ -437,11 +439,16 @@ def test_binaryhandler_create_command(
     handler.generator_cmd = 'generator'
     handler.binary = 'bin'
     handler.call_make_run = call_make_run
-    handler.options = mock.Mock(enable_valgrind=enable_valgrind)
+    handler.options = SimpleNamespace()
+    handler.options.enable_valgrind = enable_valgrind
+    handler.options.coverage_basedir = "coverage_basedir"
     handler.seed = seed
     handler.extra_test_args = extra_args
     handler.build_dir = 'build_dir'
     handler.instance.testsuite.sysbuild = False
+    handler.platform = SimpleNamespace()
+    handler.platform.resc = "file.resc"
+    handler.platform.uart = "uart"
 
     command = handler._create_command(robot_test)
 
diff --git a/scripts/tests/twister/test_harness.py b/scripts/tests/twister/test_harness.py
index a01d313cb28..6a92a4ffba0 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/twister/test_harness.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/twister/test_harness.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ TEST_DATA_2 = [("", 0, "passed"), ("Robot test failure: sourcedir for mock_platf
 )
 def test_robot_run_robot_test(tmp_path, caplog, exp_out, returncode, expected_status):
     # Arrange
-    command = "command"
+    command = ["command"]
 
     handler = mock.Mock()
     handler.sourcedir = "sourcedir"