diff --git a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/soc_rt10xx.c b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/soc_rt10xx.c
index be7983b7030..500ad5e9056 100644
--- a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/soc_rt10xx.c
+++ b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/soc_rt10xx.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <arch/arm/aarch32/cortex_m/cmsis.h>
 #include <fsl_flexspi_nor_boot.h>
 #include <dt-bindings/clock/imx_ccm.h>
+#include <fsl_iomuxc.h>
 #if CONFIG_USB_DC_NXP_EHCI
 #include "usb_phy.h"
 #include "usb_dc_mcux.h"
@@ -164,6 +165,12 @@ static ALWAYS_INLINE void clock_init(void)
 	CLOCK_SetDiv(kCLOCK_LcdifDiv, 1);
 #endif
 
+
+#if DT_NODE_HAS_STATUS(DT_NODELABEL(enet), okay) && CONFIG_NET_L2_ETHERNET
+	/* Enable clock output for ENET1 */
+	IOMUXC_EnableMode(IOMUXC_GPR, kIOMUXC_GPR_ENET1TxClkOutputDir, true);
+#endif
+
 #if DT_NODE_HAS_STATUS(DT_NODELABEL(usb1), okay) && CONFIG_USB_DC_NXP_EHCI
 	CLOCK_EnableUsbhs0PhyPllClock(kCLOCK_Usb480M,
 		DT_PROP_BY_PHANDLE(DT_NODELABEL(usb1), clocks, clock_frequency));
diff --git a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/soc_rt11xx.c b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/soc_rt11xx.c
index 29eca1dc45c..aee048379d6 100644
--- a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/soc_rt11xx.c
+++ b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt/soc_rt11xx.c
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ static ALWAYS_INLINE void clock_init(void)
 	rootCfg.mux = kCLOCK_ENET1_ClockRoot_MuxSysPll1Div2;
 	rootCfg.div = 10;
 	CLOCK_SetRootClock(kCLOCK_Root_Enet1, &rootCfg);
+	/* Set ENET_REF_CLK as an output driven by ENET1_CLK_ROOT */
+	IOMUXC_GPR->GPR4 |= (IOMUXC_GPR_GPR4_ENET_REF_CLK_DIR(0x01U) |
+		IOMUXC_GPR_GPR4_ENET_TX_CLK_SEL(0x1U));
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PTP_CLOCK_MCUX