diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/Kconfig b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/Kconfig
index df5195252a6..198d07ac4ac 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/Kconfig
@@ -134,3 +134,16 @@ config BT_RPMSG_NRF53_RX_PRIO
 	default 8
 
 endif # BT_RPMSG_NRF53
+
+config BT_DRIVER_QUIRK_NO_AUTO_DLE
+	bool "Host auto-initiated Data Length Update quirk"
+	depends on BT_AUTO_DATA_LEN_UPDATE
+	default y if BT_RPMSG_NRF53
+	help
+	  Enable the quirk wherein BT Host stack will auto-initiate Data Length
+	  Update procedure for new connections for controllers that do not
+	  auto-initiate the procedure if the default data length parameters are
+	  not equal to the initial parameters.
+
+	  This has to be enabled when the BLE controller connected is Zephyr
+	  open source controller.
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/rpmsg.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/rpmsg.c
index 1622a25f58b..00ba74d11e7 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/rpmsg.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/rpmsg.c
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ static const struct bt_hci_driver drv = {
 	.open		= bt_rpmsg_open,
 	.send		= bt_rpmsg_send,
 	.bus		= BT_HCI_DRIVER_BUS_IPM,
+#if defined(BT_DRIVER_QUIRK_NO_AUTO_DLE)
+	.quirks         = BT_QUIRK_NO_AUTO_DLE,
+#endif
 };
 
 static int bt_rpmsg_init(const struct device *unused)