diff --git a/arch/sandbox/dts/sandbox.dts b/arch/sandbox/dts/sandbox.dts
index efffacba1d37b86f88fab96c19fb0bfcd535c024..797478a2c7f661294bb462d56d71048459652cd7 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/dts/sandbox.dts
+++ b/arch/sandbox/dts/sandbox.dts
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 /dts-v1/;
 
 / {
+	chosen {
+		stdout-path = "/serial";
+	};
+
+	/* Needs to be available prior to relocation */
+	uart0: serial {
+		compatible = "sandbox,serial";
+		sandbox,text-colour = "cyan";
+	};
+
 	triangle {
 		compatible = "demo-shape";
 		colour = "cyan";
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/serial/sandbox-serial.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/serial/sandbox-serial.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f429c90421f68e507eabce4339e7af0bfedaa12f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/serial/sandbox-serial.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Sandbox serial
+
+The sandbox serial device is an emulated device which displays its output
+on the host machine's console, and accepts input from its keyboard.
+
+Required properties:
+  compatible: "sandbox,serial"
+
+Optional properties:
+  sandbox,text-colour: If present, this is the colour of the console text.
+        Supported values are:
+        "black", "red", "green", "yellow", "blue", "megenta", "cyan",
+        "white"