diff --git a/.github/workflows/bsim-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/bsim-tests.yaml
index 13aff26f8cdc0b..16d3b7a1f4ac00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bsim-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bsim-tests.yaml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           || steps.check-networking-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
           || steps.check-common-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
         run: |
-          export BSIM_VERSION=$( west list bsim -f {sha} )
+          export BSIM_VERSION=$( west list bsim -f {revision} )
           echo "Manifest points to bsim sha $BSIM_VERSION"
           cd /opt/bsim_west/bsim
           git fetch -n origin ${BSIM_VERSION}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
index 1455de66c63b3b..466f9c8afbdad5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: west setup
       run: |
         west init -l .
-        west update bsim
 
     - name: build-docs
       run: |
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: west setup
       run: |
         west init -l .
-        west update bsim
 
     - name: build-docs
       run: |
diff --git a/submanifests/README.txt b/submanifests/README.txt
index 75f4e0d6d40508..a16d5516207eb9 100644
--- a/submanifests/README.txt
+++ b/submanifests/README.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This directory can contain additional west manifest files. Any files
-in this directory will be included in the main west.yml file sorted by
-filename.
+in this directory (but not subdirectorries) will be included in the main
+west.yml file sorted by filename.
 
 See example.yaml.sample for an example.
 
diff --git a/submanifests/bsim/notes.txt b/submanifests/bsim/notes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..19ea12e7bf88dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submanifests/bsim/notes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+This folder holds an exact copy of the Babblesim manifest,
+as pointed by the top level manifest bsim project.
+
+This is a provisional solution until some new features in west enable a more
+automatic integration.
+
+Background:
+**********
+
+Due to a limitation in the west import feature
+https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/west/issues/543
+a project cannot both have an import and be part of a group.
+
+Moreover, when a project has an import and is not filtered out, it is required
+for that project to be present for most west commands to work.
+
+To work around this issue, we do not do an import in the bsim project, that is,
+we do not have west automatically find the babblesim manifest inside the bsim
+project, but instead import the manifest from this local replica.
+
+This manifest is kept in a subfolder of the submanifests folder, so the placing
+of its projects can be individually controlled with the west import path-prefix
+property.
+
+The bsim project as included in the top level manifest has two purposes:
+ * It provides a skeleton and some glue for the BabbleSim installation, if the user
+   enables the babblesim group.
+ * It is the bsim manifest revision Zephyr's CI will use.
diff --git a/submanifests/bsim/west.yml b/submanifests/bsim/west.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f7420551cdda1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submanifests/bsim/west.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Nordic Semiconductor ASA
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# west manifest file for BabbleSim
+#
+# Check https://babblesim.github.io/fetching.html for more information
+#
+
+manifest:
+  defaults:
+    remote: upstream
+
+  remotes:
+    - name: upstream
+      url-base: https://github.com/BabbleSim
+
+  self:
+    path: bsim
+
+  projects:
+    - name: babblesim_base
+      repo-path: base.git
+      path: bsim/components
+      revision: 02838ca04c4562e68dc876196828d8121679e537
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_2G4_libPhyComv1
+      repo-path: ext_2G4_libPhyComv1.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_2G4_libPhyComv1
+      revision: 9018113a362fa6c9e8f4b9cab9e5a8f12cc46b94
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_2G4_phy_v1
+      repo-path: ext_2G4_phy_v1.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_2G4_phy_v1
+      revision: cf2d86e736efac4f12fad5093ed2da2c5b406156
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_2G4_channel_NtNcable
+      repo-path: ext_2G4_channel_NtNcable.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_2G4_channel_NtNcable
+      revision: 20a38c997f507b0aa53817aab3d73a462fff7af1
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_2G4_channel_multiatt
+      repo-path: ext_2G4_channel_multiatt.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_2G4_channel_multiatt
+      revision: e09bc2d14b1975f969ad19c6ed23eb20e5dc3d09
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_2G4_modem_magic
+      repo-path: ext_2G4_modem_magic.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_2G4_modem_magic
+      revision: cb70771794f0bf6f262aa474848611c68ae8f1ed
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_2G4_modem_BLE_simple
+      repo-path: ext_2G4_modem_BLE_simple.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_2G4_modem_BLE_simple
+      revision: ce975a3259fd0dd761d371b60435242d54794bad
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_2G4_device_burst_interferer
+      repo-path: ext_2G4_device_burst_interferer.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_2G4_device_burst_interferer
+      revision: 5b5339351d6e6a2368c686c734dc8b2fc65698fc
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_2G4_device_WLAN_actmod
+      repo-path: ext_2G4_device_WLAN_actmod.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_2G4_device_WLAN_actmod
+      revision: 9cb6d8e72695f6b785e57443f0629a18069d6ce4
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_2G4_device_playback
+      repo-path: ext_2G4_device_playback.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_2G4_device_playback
+      revision: 85c645929cf1ce995d8537107d9dcbd12ed64036
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
+    - name: babblesim_ext_libCryptov1
+      repo-path: ext_libCryptov1.git
+      path: bsim/components/ext_libCryptov1
+      revision: eed6d7038e839153e340bd333bc43541cb90ba64
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
diff --git a/west.yml b/west.yml
index ca33049f818260..bed566f68e7a41 100644
--- a/west.yml
+++ b/west.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ manifest:
     - name: bsim
       repo-path: babblesim-manifest
       revision: 908ffde6298a937c6549dbfa843a62caab26bfc5
-      import:
-        path-prefix: tools
+      path: tools/bsim
+      groups:
+        - babblesim
     - name: canopennode
       revision: dec12fa3f0d790cafa8414a4c2930ea71ab72ffd
       path: modules/lib/canopennode
@@ -273,4 +274,7 @@ manifest:
   self:
     path: zephyr
     west-commands: scripts/west-commands.yml
-    import: submanifests
+    import:
+      - file: submanifests
+      - file: submanifests/bsim/west.yml
+        path-prefix: tools