diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.board b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig
similarity index 63%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.board
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig
index c14d70c2b72..13f79db59cb 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.board
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Carlo Caione <ccaione@baylibre.com>
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-config BOARD_QEMU_CORTEX_A53
-	bool "Cortex-A53 Emulation (QEMU)"
-	depends on SOC_QEMU_CORTEX_A53
-	select ARM64
-	select QEMU_TARGET
-
 config QEMU_CORTEX_A53_ETH_E1000
-	bool "Use Intel e1000 Ethernet driver for networking"
+	bool
 	default y if !NET_TEST
 	depends on BOARD_QEMU_CORTEX_A53 && NETWORKING && DT_HAS_INTEL_E1000_ENABLED
 	select ETH_E1000
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.defconfig b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.defconfig
similarity index 94%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.defconfig
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.defconfig
index 8f10806f7ba..6788fda8ebb 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ if BOARD_QEMU_CORTEX_A53
 config BUILD_OUTPUT_BIN
 	default y
 
-config BOARD
-	default "qemu_cortex_a53"
-
 config MAX_THREAD_BYTES
 	default 3
 
diff --git a/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.qemu_cortex_a53 b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.qemu_cortex_a53
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7d876a9e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/Kconfig.qemu_cortex_a53
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Carlo Caione <ccaione@baylibre.com>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+config BOARD_QEMU_CORTEX_A53
+	select SOC_QEMU_CORTEX_A53
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/board.cmake b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/board.cmake
similarity index 88%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/board.cmake
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/board.cmake
index 4935438e4b7..7cc424e4544 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/board.cmake
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/board.cmake
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ set(QEMU_ARCH aarch64)
 set(QEMU_CPU_TYPE_${ARCH} cortex-a53)
 
 if(CONFIG_ARMV8_A_NS)
-set(QEMU_MACH virt,gic-version=3)
+  set(QEMU_MACH virt,gic-version=3)
 else()
-set(QEMU_MACH virt,secure=on,gic-version=3)
+  set(QEMU_MACH virt,secure=on,gic-version=3)
 endif()
 
 set(QEMU_FLAGS_${ARCH}
diff --git a/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/board.yml b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/board.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..220417cb321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/board.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+board:
+  name: qemu_cortex_a53
+  vendor: ARM
+  socs:
+  - name: qemu_cortex_a53
+    variants:
+    - name: smp
+    - name: xip
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/doc/index.rst b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/doc/index.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/doc/index.rst
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/doc/index.rst
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.dts b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.dts
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.dts
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.dts
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.yaml b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.yaml
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.yaml
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_defconfig b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_defconfig
similarity index 84%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_defconfig
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_defconfig
index e697012a690..b80f76646d2 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_defconfig
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_SOC_QEMU_CORTEX_A53=y
-CONFIG_BOARD_QEMU_CORTEX_A53=y
 CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER=y
 
 # Cache management
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_smp.dts b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_smp.dts
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_smp.dts
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_smp.dts
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_smp.yaml b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_smp.yaml
similarity index 87%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_smp.yaml
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_smp.yaml
index 9a6e87c0a70..d0c5677ee3e 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_smp.yaml
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_smp.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-identifier: qemu_cortex_a53_smp
+identifier: qemu_cortex_a53//smp
 name: QEMU Emulation for Cortex-A53 SMP
 type: qemu
 simulation: qemu
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_smp_defconfig b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_smp_defconfig
similarity index 89%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_smp_defconfig
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_smp_defconfig
index ad9011aa3b7..63099649065 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_smp_defconfig
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_smp_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_SOC_QEMU_CORTEX_A53=y
-CONFIG_BOARD_QEMU_CORTEX_A53=y
 CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER=y
 
 # Cache management
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_xip.dts b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_xip.dts
similarity index 100%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_xip.dts
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_xip.dts
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_xip.yaml b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_xip.yaml
similarity index 85%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_xip.yaml
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_xip.yaml
index 5654908d3d2..38d4e6e9cc6 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_xip.yaml
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_xip.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-identifier: qemu_cortex_a53_xip
+identifier: qemu_cortex_a53//xip
 name: QEMU Emulation for Cortex-A53 (XIP)
 type: qemu
 simulation: qemu
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_xip_defconfig b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_xip_defconfig
similarity index 85%
rename from boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_xip_defconfig
rename to boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_xip_defconfig
index d2dbdc1fc51..f4d5f85dd55 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_xip_defconfig
+++ b/boards/v2/qemu/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53_qemu_cortex_a53_xip_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-CONFIG_SOC_QEMU_CORTEX_A53=y
-CONFIG_BOARD_QEMU_CORTEX_A53=y
 CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER=y
 
 # Cache management