diff --git a/boards/common/silabs_commander.board.cmake b/boards/common/silabs_commander.board.cmake
index e6b5f211985..1d911797993 100644
--- a/boards/common/silabs_commander.board.cmake
+++ b/boards/common/silabs_commander.board.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 board_set_flasher_ifnset(silabs_commander)
-board_finalize_runner_args(silabs_commander)
+board_finalize_runner_args(silabs_commander "--dt-flash=y")