diff --git a/boards/intel/ish/board.cmake b/boards/intel/ish/board.cmake
index 6b01bab2aee..aa4b8ad48ae 100644
--- a/boards/intel/ish/board.cmake
+++ b/boards/intel/ish/board.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+set(SUPPORTED_EMU_PLATFORMS simics)
+
+if(CONFIG_BOARD_INTEL_ISH_5_8_0)
+  board_emu_args(simics "project=$ENV{SIMICS_PROJECT}")
+  board_emu_args(simics "zephyr_elf=${APPLICATION_BINARY_DIR}/zephyr/${KERNEL_ELF_NAME}")
+  board_emu_args(simics "zephyr_start_address=${CONFIG_SRAM_BASE_ADDRESS}")
+  include(${ZEPHYR_BASE}/boards/common/simics.board.cmake)
+endif()
+
 board_set_flasher_ifnset(misc-flasher)
 board_finalize_runner_args(misc-flasher)
diff --git a/boards/intel/ish/intel_ish_5_8_0.yaml b/boards/intel/ish/intel_ish_5_8_0.yaml
index 09dd57f5e30..566e7f21c13 100644
--- a/boards/intel/ish/intel_ish_5_8_0.yaml
+++ b/boards/intel/ish/intel_ish_5_8_0.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ arch: x86
 toolchain:
   - zephyr
 ram: 640
+simulation: simics
+simulation_exec: simics
 supported:
   - serial
 testing: