diff --git a/soc/nxp/imxrt/CMakeLists.txt b/soc/nxp/imxrt/CMakeLists.txt
index 371938f7543cdc..b89d6ee5a213ea 100644
--- a/soc/nxp/imxrt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/soc/nxp/imxrt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ if(CONFIG_SOC_SERIES_IMXRT10XX OR CONFIG_SOC_SERIES_IMXRT11XX)
   if(CONFIG_EXTERNAL_MEM_CONFIG_DATA)
     set(boot_hdr_xmcd_data_section ".boot_hdr.xmcd_data")
   endif()
-  zephyr_sources(mpu_regions.c)
+  if(NOT CONFIG_NXP_IMX_RT_USER_MPU_REGIONS)
+    zephyr_sources(mpu_regions.c)
+  endif()
   zephyr_linker_section_configure(
     SECTION .rom_start
     INPUT ".boot_hdr.conf"
diff --git a/soc/nxp/imxrt/Kconfig b/soc/nxp/imxrt/Kconfig
index 2ab29a50ce61f7..a9bc6a2378ee02 100644
--- a/soc/nxp/imxrt/Kconfig
+++ b/soc/nxp/imxrt/Kconfig
@@ -208,4 +208,11 @@ config INIT_SYS_PLL
 
 endif # SOC_SERIES_IMXRT10XX || SOC_SERIES_IMXRT11XX
 
+config NXP_IMX_RT_USER_MPU_REGIONS
+	bool "User mpu regions"
+	help
+		When this option is enabled user should define custom mpu regions:
+			const struct arm_mpu_config mpu_config = {...};
+		See example in zephyr/soc/nxp/imxrt/mpu_regions.c.
+
 endif # SOC_FAMILY_NXP_IMXRT