diff --git a/include/zephyr/devicetree/ordinals.h b/include/zephyr/devicetree/ordinals.h
index c8b0302d1c..5dd9d00e30 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/devicetree/ordinals.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/devicetree/ordinals.h
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
  */
 #define DT_DEP_ORD(node_id) DT_CAT(node_id, _ORD)
 
+/**
+ * @brief Get a node's dependency ordinal in string sortable form
+ * @param node_id Node identifier
+ * @return the node's dependency ordinal as a zero-padded integer literal
+ */
+#define DT_DEP_ORD_STR_SORTABLE(node_id) DT_CAT(node_id, _ORD_STR_SORTABLE)
+
 /**
  * @brief Get a list of dependency ordinals of a node's direct dependencies
  *
diff --git a/scripts/dts/gen_defines.py b/scripts/dts/gen_defines.py
index ed47d3ae15..0c95557cda 100755
--- a/scripts/dts/gen_defines.py
+++ b/scripts/dts/gen_defines.py
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ def write_dep_info(node):
 
     out_comment("Node's dependency ordinal:")
     out_dt_define(f"{node.z_path_id}_ORD", node.dep_ordinal)
+    out_dt_define(f"{node.z_path_id}_ORD_STR_SORTABLE", f"{node.dep_ordinal:0>5}")
 
     out_comment("Ordinals for what this node depends on directly:")
     out_dt_define(f"{node.z_path_id}_REQUIRES_ORDS",