diff --git a/drivers/pcie/host/Kconfig b/drivers/pcie/host/Kconfig
index a3d7fc6b5c3..80925657702 100644
--- a/drivers/pcie/host/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pcie/host/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ module = PCIE
 module-str = pcie
 source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
 
+config PCIE_INIT_PRIORITY
+	int "PCIe initialization priority"
+	default 41
+	help
+	  PCIe host drivers initialization priority.
+
 config PCIE_CONTROLLER
 	bool "PCIe Controller management"
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/pcie/host/pcie.c b/drivers/pcie/host/pcie.c
index 5b2198b5278..89f05ac1238 100644
--- a/drivers/pcie/host/pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/pcie/host/pcie.c
@@ -554,4 +554,4 @@ static int pcie_init(void)
 #define PCIE_SYS_INIT_LEVEL	PRE_KERNEL_1
 #endif
 
-SYS_INIT(pcie_init, PCIE_SYS_INIT_LEVEL, CONFIG_KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT);
+SYS_INIT(pcie_init, PCIE_SYS_INIT_LEVEL, CONFIG_PCIE_INIT_PRIORITY);
diff --git a/drivers/pcie/host/pcie_ecam.c b/drivers/pcie/host/pcie_ecam.c
index 4ba8889378d..15a52b3247d 100644
--- a/drivers/pcie/host/pcie_ecam.c
+++ b/drivers/pcie/host/pcie_ecam.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static const struct pcie_ctrl_driver_api pcie_ecam_api = {
 			      &pcie_ecam_data##n,				\
 			      &pcie_ecam_config##n,				\
 			      PRE_KERNEL_1,					\
-			      CONFIG_KERNEL_INIT_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,		\
+			      CONFIG_PCIE_INIT_PRIORITY,			\
 			      &pcie_ecam_api);
 
 DT_INST_FOREACH_STATUS_OKAY(PCIE_ECAM_INIT)