diff --git a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/board.c b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/board.c
index 15d33e7f87d..b5394abae3b 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/board.c
+++ b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/board.c
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ static int frdm_mcxn947_init(void)
 	SPC_EnableActiveModeAnalogModules(SPC0, (kSPC_controlCmp0 | kSPC_controlCmp0Dac));
 #endif
 
+#if DT_NODE_HAS_STATUS(DT_NODELABEL(lptmr0), okay)
+	CLOCK_SetupClk16KClocking(kCLOCK_Clk16KToVsys);
+#endif
+
 	/* Set SystemCoreClock variable. */
 	SystemCoreClock = CLOCK_INIT_CORE_CLOCK;
 
diff --git a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/doc/index.rst b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/doc/index.rst
index 5839134c14b..1ed7faf4b01 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/doc/index.rst
+++ b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/doc/index.rst
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ The FRDM-MCXN947 board configuration supports the following hardware features:
 +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
 | FLEXCAN   | on-chip    | CAN                                 |
 +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
+| LPTMR     | on-chip    | counter                             |
++-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
 
 Targets available
 ==================
diff --git a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/frdm_mcxn947_mcxn947_cpu0.dts b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/frdm_mcxn947_mcxn947_cpu0.dts
index ee67cf71792..f6111bb41f0 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/frdm_mcxn947_mcxn947_cpu0.dts
+++ b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxn947/frdm_mcxn947_mcxn947_cpu0.dts
@@ -174,3 +174,7 @@ zephyr_udc0: &usb1 {
 &lpcmp0 {
 	status = "okay";
 };
+
+&lptmr0 {
+	status = "okay";
+};