diff --git a/app/boards/nxp_adsp_imx8.overlay b/app/boards/nxp_adsp_imx8.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9b62545c2c8
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+++ b/app/boards/nxp_adsp_imx8.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 NXP
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/* TODO: this is a temporary workaround the fact that
+ * currently the Linux kernel doesn't enable MU2's power.
+ * As such, CCM (and all IPs that depend on Zephyr's
+ * clock management) are not usable.
+ */
+&lpuart2 {
+	status = "disabled";
+};
+
+&ccm {
+	status = "disabled";
+};
diff --git a/app/boards/nxp_adsp_imx8x.overlay b/app/boards/nxp_adsp_imx8x.overlay
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9b62545c2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/boards/nxp_adsp_imx8x.overlay
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 NXP
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/* TODO: this is a temporary workaround the fact that
+ * currently the Linux kernel doesn't enable MU2's power.
+ * As such, CCM (and all IPs that depend on Zephyr's
+ * clock management) are not usable.
+ */
+&lpuart2 {
+	status = "disabled";
+};
+
+&ccm {
+	status = "disabled";
+};