diff --git a/cmake/modules/dts.cmake b/cmake/modules/dts.cmake
index a2c56577cfa54ff..5244f8043ebe7e6 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/dts.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/dts.cmake
@@ -349,17 +349,24 @@ endif()
 #
 # Run GEN_DTS_CMAKE_SCRIPT.
 #
+# A temporary file is used copied to the original file if it differs, this prevents a cycle when
+# sysbuild is used of configuring and building multiple times due to the dts.cmake file of images
+# having a newer modification time than the sysbuild build.ninja file, despite the output having
+# not changed
+#
+set(dts_cmake_tmp ${DTS_CMAKE}_tmp)
 
 execute_process(
   COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${GEN_DTS_CMAKE_SCRIPT}
   --edt-pickle ${EDT_PICKLE}
-  --cmake-out ${DTS_CMAKE}
+  --cmake-out ${dts_cmake_tmp}
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
   RESULT_VARIABLE ret
   )
 if(NOT "${ret}" STREQUAL "0")
   message(FATAL_ERROR "gen_dts_cmake.py failed with return code: ${ret}")
 else()
+  file(COPY_FILE ${dts_cmake_tmp} ${DTS_CMAKE} ONLY_IF_DIFFERENT)
   message(STATUS "Including generated dts.cmake file: ${DTS_CMAKE}")
   include(${DTS_CMAKE})
 endif()