diff --git a/dts/common/yaml/uart.yaml b/dts/common/yaml/uart.yaml
index dfd4af35594..14a5f8fb5fe 100644
--- a/dts/common/yaml/uart.yaml
+++ b/dts/common/yaml/uart.yaml
@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@ properties:
       category: required
       description: Clock gate information
       generation: define
+  - label:
+      type: string
+      category: required
+      description: Human readable string describing the device (used by Zephyr for API name)
+      generation: define
 ...