diff --git a/Documentation/platforms/arm/nrf53/boards/thingy53/index.rst b/Documentation/platforms/arm/nrf53/boards/thingy53/index.rst
index 4988a71bc53..8f903b1a50a 100644
--- a/Documentation/platforms/arm/nrf53/boards/thingy53/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/platforms/arm/nrf53/boards/thingy53/index.rst
@@ -90,6 +90,53 @@ rpmsghci_sdc_cpunet
 This configuration enables RPMSG Bluetooth HCI server on the network core which
 can be accessed using RPMSG Bluetooth HCI client on the application core.
 
+sensors_cpuapp
+--------------
+
+Configuration demonstrating sensor data stream using NxScope.
+See :doc:`/applications/system/sensorscope/index` for more details.
+
+Device detection with ``nxscli`` client::
+
+    $ nxscli serial /dev/ttyACM0 pdevinfo
+    INFO:nxscli:enable (0, <class 'nxscli.plugins.devinfo.PluginDevinfo'>, {})
+    INFO:nxscli:connecting to nxs device...
+    INFO:nxscli:connected!
+    INFO:nxscli:started <nxscli.plugins.devinfo.PluginDevinfo object at 0x7f16bdec5d30>
+
+    Device Summary
+      Channels:         6
+      Divider support:  no
+      Ack support:      no
+      Flags:            0x00
+      RX padding:       0
+
+    Stream
+      Connected:        yes
+      Started:          no
+      Overflow count:   0
+      Bitrate:          0.0 B/s
+
+    Channel State
+      Applied enabled:  none
+      Buffered enabled: none
+
+    Channels
+    +----+---------------+-------+-----+-------+----+-----+
+    | ID | Name          | Type  | Dim | Valid | En | Div |
+    +====+===============+=======+=====+=======+====+=====+
+    |  0 | sensor_accel0 | FLOAT |   3 | yes   | no |   0 |
+    |  1 | sensor_accel1 | FLOAT |   3 | yes   | no |   0 |
+    |  2 | sensor_gyro0  | FLOAT |   3 | yes   | no |   0 |
+    |  3 | sensor_ir0    | FLOAT |   1 | yes   | no |   0 |
+    |  4 | sensor_mag0   | FLOAT |   3 | yes   | no |   0 |
+    |  5 | sensor_rgb0   | FLOAT |   3 | yes   | no |   0 |
+    +----+---------------+-------+-----+-------+----+-----+
+
+    closing...
+    INFO:nxscli:disconnecting from nxs device...
+    INFO:nxscli:disconnected!
+
 Flash & Debug
 =============
 
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/configs/sensors_cpuapp/defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/configs/sensors_cpuapp/defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c829f195b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf53/thingy53/configs/sensors_cpuapp/defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated: PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT.
+#
+# You can use "make menuconfig" to make any modifications to the installed .config file.
+# You can then do "make savedefconfig" to generate a new defconfig file that includes your
+# modifications.
+#
+# CONFIG_DEV_CONSOLE is not set
+# CONFIG_SYSLOG_DEFAULT is not set
+CONFIG_ARCH="arm"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="thingy53"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_COMMON=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_THINGY53=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="nrf53"
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF5340_CPUAPP=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_NRF53=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_STDARG_H=y
+CONFIG_BOARDCTL=y
+CONFIG_BOARDCTL_MKRD=y
+CONFIG_BOARDCTL_USBDEVCTRL=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=5500
+CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_CDCACM=y
+CONFIG_CDCACM_RXBUFSIZE=256
+CONFIG_CDCACM_TXBUFSIZE=256
+CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXSCOPE=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_NXSCOPE_SERIAL_PATH="/dev/ttyS0"
+CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=2048
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYNAME="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="sensorscope_main"
+CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_LOGGING_NXSCOPE=y
+CONFIG_MM_REGIONS=2
+CONFIG_NDEBUG=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_HFCLK_XTAL=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_I2C2_MASTER=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_SPI1_MASTER=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_UART0=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_USBDEV=y
+CONFIG_NRF53_USE_HFCLK192M=y
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_RAMLOG=y
+CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=524288
+CONFIG_RAM_START=0x20000000
+CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_ADXL362=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BH1749NUC=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BH1749NUC_UORB=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BMI270=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BMI270_UORB=y
+CONFIG_SENSORS_BMM150=y
+CONFIG_START_DAY=26
+CONFIG_START_MONTH=3
+CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_I2CTOOL=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_READLINE=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE_CDCACM=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE_FETCH_INTERVAL=100000
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE_SERIAL_PATH="/dev/ttyACM0"
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_SENSORSCOPE_STREAMBUF_LEN=2048