diff --git a/scripts/west_commands/runners/nios2.py b/scripts/west_commands/runners/nios2.py
index 6312aefc945..15939b3bb0f 100644
--- a/scripts/west_commands/runners/nios2.py
+++ b/scripts/west_commands/runners/nios2.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 '''Runner for NIOS II, based on quartus-flash.py and GDB.'''
 
-from runners.core import ZephyrBinaryRunner, NetworkPortHelper
+from runners.core import ZephyrBinaryRunner, NetworkPortHelper, RunnerCaps
 
 
 class Nios2BinaryRunner(ZephyrBinaryRunner):
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ class Nios2BinaryRunner(ZephyrBinaryRunner):
     def name(cls):
         return 'nios2'
 
+    @classmethod
+    def capabilities(cls):
+        return RunnerCaps(commands={'flash', 'debug', 'debugserver', 'attach'})
+
     @classmethod
     def do_add_parser(cls, parser):
         # TODO merge quartus-flash.py script into this file.
diff --git a/scripts/west_commands/runners/nsim.py b/scripts/west_commands/runners/nsim.py
index 4ec1b76e858..94bd09c3dac 100644
--- a/scripts/west_commands/runners/nsim.py
+++ b/scripts/west_commands/runners/nsim.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from os import path
 
-from runners.core import ZephyrBinaryRunner
+from runners.core import ZephyrBinaryRunner, RunnerCaps
 
 DEFAULT_ARC_GDB_PORT = 3333
 DEFAULT_PROPS_FILE = 'nsim_em.props'
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ class NsimBinaryRunner(ZephyrBinaryRunner):
     def name(cls):
         return 'arc-nsim'
 
+    @classmethod
+    def capabilities(cls):
+        return RunnerCaps(commands={'flash', 'debug', 'debugserver', 'attach'})
+
     @classmethod
     def do_add_parser(cls, parser):
         parser.add_argument('--gdb-port', default=DEFAULT_ARC_GDB_PORT,
diff --git a/scripts/west_commands/runners/openocd.py b/scripts/west_commands/runners/openocd.py
index 33777056879..5619c583d96 100644
--- a/scripts/west_commands/runners/openocd.py
+++ b/scripts/west_commands/runners/openocd.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-from runners.core import ZephyrBinaryRunner
+from runners.core import ZephyrBinaryRunner, RunnerCaps
 
 DEFAULT_OPENOCD_TCL_PORT = 6333
 DEFAULT_OPENOCD_TELNET_PORT = 4444
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ class OpenOcdBinaryRunner(ZephyrBinaryRunner):
     def name(cls):
         return 'openocd'
 
+    @classmethod
+    def capabilities(cls):
+        return RunnerCaps(commands={'flash', 'debug', 'debugserver', 'attach'})
+
     @classmethod
     def do_add_parser(cls, parser):
         parser.add_argument('--config', action='append',