diff --git a/boards/nxp/rd_rw612_bga/rd_rw612_bga-pinctrl.dtsi b/boards/nxp/rd_rw612_bga/rd_rw612_bga-pinctrl.dtsi
index db565403583..31a3303d5d6 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/rd_rw612_bga/rd_rw612_bga-pinctrl.dtsi
+++ b/boards/nxp/rd_rw612_bga/rd_rw612_bga-pinctrl.dtsi
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
 		};
 	};
 
+	pinmux_flexcomm0_usart: pinmux_flexcomm0_usart {
+		group0 {
+			pinmux = <IO_MUX_FC0_USART_DATA>;
+			slew-rate = "normal";
+		};
+	};
+
 	pinmux_flexcomm0_spi: pinmux_flexcomm0_spi {
 		group0 {
 			pinmux = <IO_MUX_FC0_SPI_SS0_IO0>,
diff --git a/boards/nxp/rd_rw612_bga/rd_rw612_bga.dtsi b/boards/nxp/rd_rw612_bga/rd_rw612_bga.dtsi
index 3310e806608..1fa058bfb13 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/rd_rw612_bga/rd_rw612_bga.dtsi
+++ b/boards/nxp/rd_rw612_bga/rd_rw612_bga.dtsi
@@ -147,6 +147,16 @@ arduino_i2c: &flexcomm2 {
 				label = "image-0";
 				reg = <0x00020000 0x3e0000>;
 			};
+
+			/* This partition is reserved for connectivity firmwares storage
+			 * and shouldn't be moved.
+			 */
+			 fw_storage: partition@400000 {
+				label = "fw_storage";
+				reg = <0x400000 0x280000>;
+				read-only;
+			};
+
 			slot1_partition: partition@680000 {
 				label = "image-1";
 				reg = <0x680000 0x3e0000>;
@@ -264,3 +274,8 @@ zephyr_udc0: &usb_otg {
 &systick {
 	status = "disabled";
 };
+
+&hci {
+	status = "okay";
+	wakeup-source;
+};