diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/qemu/qemu_boot.c b/arch/arm64/src/qemu/qemu_boot.c
index 563a720e499..edd93f64256 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/src/qemu/qemu_boot.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/qemu/qemu_boot.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 #include "qemu_boot.h"
 #include "qemu_serial.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEVICE_TREE
+#  include <nuttx/fdt.h>
+#endif
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * Private Data
  ****************************************************************************/
@@ -167,6 +171,10 @@ void arm64_chip_boot(void)
 
   arm64_mmu_init(true);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEVICE_TREE
+  fdt_register((FAR const char *)0x40000000);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_QEMU_WITH_HV)
   arm64_psci_init("hvc");
 #elif defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_PSCI)
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 422b5c8f203..b3e6fb0aecf 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SCHED_WARN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_WARN=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE=8192
+CONFIG_DEVICE_TREE=y
 CONFIG_DEV_ZERO=y
 CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
 CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=8192
 CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
 CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_LIBFDT=y
 CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
 CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
 CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=512
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION=y
 CONFIG_START_MONTH=3
 CONFIG_START_YEAR=2022
 CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_FDTDUMP=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_SYSTEM=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TIME64=y