diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.yml b/MAINTAINERS.yml
index 91c7cc5cbc..8b1a9075d4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.yml
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.yml
@@ -2066,7 +2066,7 @@ JSON Web Token:
   files:
     - subsys/jwt/
     - include/zephyr/data/
-    - lib/os/json.c
+    - lib/utils/json.c
     - tests/subsys/jwt/
     - tests/lib/json/
   labels:
@@ -2125,8 +2125,15 @@ Kernel:
 
 Utilities:
   status: maintained
+  maintainers:
+    - andyross
+    - nashif
+  collaborators:
+    - dcpleung
+    - peter-mitsis
   files:
     - lib/crc/
+    - lib/utils/
     - tests/unit/timeutil/
     - tests/unit/time_units/
     - tests/unit/rbtree/
@@ -2136,7 +2143,6 @@ Utilities:
     - tests/unit/math_extras/
     - tests/unit/list/
     - tests/unit/intmath/
-    - tests/misc/print_format/
     - tests/unit/pot/
     - tests/lib/time/
     - tests/lib/onoff/
@@ -2147,6 +2153,10 @@ Utilities:
     - tests/lib/linear_range/
   labels:
     - "area: Utilities"
+  tests:
+    - utilities
+    - libraries.ring_buffer
+    - libraries.linear_range
 
 Base OS:
   status: maintained
@@ -2159,6 +2169,9 @@ Base OS:
   files:
     - include/zephyr/sys/
     - lib/os/
+    - tests/misc/print_format/
+    - tests/lib/p4workq/
+    - tests/lib/fdtable/
   files-exclude:
     - include/zephyr/sys/cbprintf*
     - tests/unit/cbprintf/
@@ -2171,6 +2184,8 @@ Base OS:
     - lib/os/mpsc_pbuf.c
   labels:
     - "area: Base OS"
+  tests:
+    - printk
 
 Heap Management:
   status: maintained
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 75387fdbb9..c2abdd9559 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ add_subdirectory(hash)
 add_subdirectory(heap)
 add_subdirectory(mem_blocks)
 add_subdirectory(os)
+add_subdirectory(utils)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_SMF smf)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_OPENAMP              open-amp)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_ACPI acpi)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 1b95bde76b..af6717bc22 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ source "lib/smf/Kconfig"
 source "lib/acpi/Kconfig"
 
 source "lib/runtime/Kconfig"
+
+source "lib/utils/Kconfig"
 endmenu
diff --git a/lib/os/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/os/CMakeLists.txt
index 47d4501ca0..3a52bebab0 100644
--- a/lib/os/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/os/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,23 +4,14 @@ zephyr_syscall_header(
   ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/include/zephyr/sys/mutex.h
 )
 
-zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_BASE64 base64.c)
-
 zephyr_sources(
   cbprintf_packaged.c
-  dec.c
-  hex.c
   printk.c
-  rb.c
   sem.c
   thread_entry.c
-  timeutil.c
-  bitarray.c
   )
 
 zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_FDTABLE fdtable.c)
-zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_ONOFF onoff.c)
-zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_NOTIFY notify.c)
 
 zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_CBPRINTF_COMPLETE cbprintf_complete.c)
 zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_CBPRINTF_NANO cbprintf_nano.c)
@@ -29,10 +20,6 @@ if(NOT CONFIG_PICOLIBC)
   zephyr_sources(cbprintf.c)
 endif()
 
-zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_JSON_LIBRARY json.c)
-
-zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_RING_BUFFER ring_buffer.c)
-
 if (CONFIG_ASSERT OR CONFIG_ASSERT_VERBOSE)
 zephyr_sources(assert.c)
 endif()
@@ -47,10 +34,6 @@ zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_SCHED_DEADLINE p4wq.c)
 
 zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_REBOOT reboot.c)
 
-zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_UTF8 utf8.c)
-
-zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_WINSTREAM winstream.c)
-
 zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_POWEROFF poweroff.c)
 
 zephyr_library_include_directories(
diff --git a/lib/os/Kconfig b/lib/os/Kconfig
index 2f67b2da4d..14b6241b72 100644
--- a/lib/os/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/os/Kconfig
@@ -10,29 +10,6 @@ config FDTABLE
 	  for any I/O object implementing POSIX I/O semantics (i.e. read/write +
 	  aux operations).
 
-config JSON_LIBRARY
-	bool "Build JSON library"
-	help
-	  Build a minimal JSON parsing/encoding library. Used by sample
-	  applications such as the NATS client.
-
-config RING_BUFFER
-	bool "Ring buffers"
-	help
-	  Enable usage of ring buffers. This is similar to kernel FIFOs but ring
-	  buffers manage their own buffer memory and can store arbitrary data.
-	  For optimal performance, use buffer sizes that are a power of 2.
-
-config NOTIFY
-	bool "Asynchronous Notifications"
-	help
-	  Use this API to support async transactions.
-
-config BASE64
-	bool "Base64 encoding and decoding"
-	help
-	  Enable base64 encoding and decoding functionality
-
 config PRINTK_SYNC
 	bool "Serialize printk() calls"
 	default y if SMP && MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS > 1 && !(EFI_CONSOLE && LOG)
@@ -50,14 +27,6 @@ config MPSC_PBUF
 	  storing variable length packets in a circular way and operate directly
 	  on the buffer memory.
 
-config ONOFF
-	bool "On-Off Manager"
-	select NOTIFY
-	help
-	  An on-off manager supports an arbitrary number of clients of a
-	  service which has a binary state.  Example applications are power
-	  rails, clocks, and binary device power management.
-
 config SPSC_PBUF
 	bool "Single producer, single consumer packet buffer"
 	help
@@ -119,23 +88,6 @@ config SPSC_PBUF_UTILIZATION
 
 endif # SPSC_PBUF
 
-config WINSTREAM
-	bool "Lockless shared memory window byte stream"
-	help
-	  Winstream is a byte stream IPC for use in shared memory
-	  "windows", generally for transmit to non-Zephyr contexts that
-	  can't share Zephyr APIs or data structures.
-
-if WINSTREAM
-config WINSTREAM_STDLIB_MEMCOPY
-	bool "Use standard memcpy() in winstream"
-	help
-	  The sys_winstream utility is sometimes used in early boot
-	  environments before the standard library is usable.  By
-	  default it uses a simple internal bytewise memcpy().  Set
-	  this to use the one from the standard library.
-endif
-
 if MPSC_PBUF
 config MPSC_CLEAR_ALLOCATED
 	bool "Clear allocated packet"
@@ -161,12 +113,6 @@ config POWEROFF
 	help
 	  Enable support for system power off.
 
-config UTF8
-	bool "UTF-8 string operation supported"
-	help
-	  Enable the utf8 API. The API implements functions to specifically
-	  handle UTF-8 encoded strings.
-
 rsource "Kconfig.cbprintf"
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/lib/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/utils/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0e1673f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_BASE64 base64.c)
+
+zephyr_sources(
+  dec.c
+  hex.c
+  rb.c
+  timeutil.c
+  bitarray.c
+  )
+
+zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_ONOFF onoff.c)
+zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_NOTIFY notify.c)
+
+zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_JSON_LIBRARY json.c)
+
+zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_RING_BUFFER ring_buffer.c)
+
+zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_UTF8 utf8.c)
+
+zephyr_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_WINSTREAM winstream.c)
+
+zephyr_library_include_directories(
+  ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/kernel/include
+  ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/arch/${ARCH}/include
+)
diff --git a/lib/utils/Kconfig b/lib/utils/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..340c0ac42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+menu "Utility Library"
+
+config JSON_LIBRARY
+	bool "Build JSON library"
+	help
+	  Build a minimal JSON parsing/encoding library. Used by sample
+	  applications such as the NATS client.
+
+config RING_BUFFER
+	bool "Ring buffers"
+	help
+	  Enable usage of ring buffers. This is similar to kernel FIFOs but ring
+	  buffers manage their own buffer memory and can store arbitrary data.
+	  For optimal performance, use buffer sizes that are a power of 2.
+
+config NOTIFY
+	bool "Asynchronous Notifications"
+	help
+	  Use this API to support async transactions.
+
+config BASE64
+	bool "Base64 encoding and decoding"
+	help
+	  Enable base64 encoding and decoding functionality
+
+config ONOFF
+	bool "On-Off Manager"
+	select NOTIFY
+	help
+	  An on-off manager supports an arbitrary number of clients of a
+	  service which has a binary state.  Example applications are power
+	  rails, clocks, and binary device power management.
+
+config WINSTREAM
+	bool "Lockless shared memory window byte stream"
+	help
+	  Winstream is a byte stream IPC for use in shared memory
+	  "windows", generally for transmit to non-Zephyr contexts that
+	  can't share Zephyr APIs or data structures.
+
+if WINSTREAM
+config WINSTREAM_STDLIB_MEMCOPY
+	bool "Use standard memcpy() in winstream"
+	help
+	  The sys_winstream utility is sometimes used in early boot
+	  environments before the standard library is usable.  By
+	  default it uses a simple internal bytewise memcpy().  Set
+	  this to use the one from the standard library.
+endif
+
+config UTF8
+	bool "UTF-8 string operation supported"
+	help
+	  Enable the utf8 API. The API implements functions to specifically
+	  handle UTF-8 encoded strings.
+
+endmenu
diff --git a/lib/os/base64.c b/lib/utils/base64.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/base64.c
rename to lib/utils/base64.c
diff --git a/lib/os/bitarray.c b/lib/utils/bitarray.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/bitarray.c
rename to lib/utils/bitarray.c
diff --git a/lib/os/dec.c b/lib/utils/dec.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/dec.c
rename to lib/utils/dec.c
diff --git a/lib/os/hex.c b/lib/utils/hex.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/hex.c
rename to lib/utils/hex.c
diff --git a/lib/os/json.c b/lib/utils/json.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/json.c
rename to lib/utils/json.c
diff --git a/lib/os/notify.c b/lib/utils/notify.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/notify.c
rename to lib/utils/notify.c
diff --git a/lib/os/onoff.c b/lib/utils/onoff.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/onoff.c
rename to lib/utils/onoff.c
diff --git a/lib/os/rb.c b/lib/utils/rb.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/rb.c
rename to lib/utils/rb.c
diff --git a/lib/os/ring_buffer.c b/lib/utils/ring_buffer.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/ring_buffer.c
rename to lib/utils/ring_buffer.c
diff --git a/lib/os/timeutil.c b/lib/utils/timeutil.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/timeutil.c
rename to lib/utils/timeutil.c
diff --git a/lib/os/utf8.c b/lib/utils/utf8.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/utf8.c
rename to lib/utils/utf8.c
diff --git a/lib/os/winstream.c b/lib/utils/winstream.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/os/winstream.c
rename to lib/utils/winstream.c
diff --git a/tests/unit/base64/main.c b/tests/unit/base64/main.c
index 51eb633264..f2deba1e3f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/base64/main.c
+++ b/tests/unit/base64/main.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <zephyr/sys/base64.h>
 #include <zephyr/ztest.h>
 
-#include "../../../lib/os/base64.c"
+#include "../../../lib/utils/base64.c"
 
 static const unsigned char base64_test_dec[64] = {
 	0x24, 0x48, 0x6E, 0x56, 0x87, 0x62, 0x5A, 0xBD,
diff --git a/tests/unit/rbtree/main.c b/tests/unit/rbtree/main.c
index ebec04f6da..9e9bc4ab93 100644
--- a/tests/unit/rbtree/main.c
+++ b/tests/unit/rbtree/main.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <zephyr/ztest.h>
 #include <zephyr/sys/rb.h>
 
-#include "../../../lib/os/rb.c"
+#include "../../../lib/utils/rb.c"
 
 #define _CHECK(n) \
 	zassert_true(!!(n), "Tree check failed: [ " #n " ] @%d", __LINE__)
diff --git a/tests/unit/timeutil/main.c b/tests/unit/timeutil/main.c
index 79d6e007c5..6937d8fe81 100644
--- a/tests/unit/timeutil/main.c
+++ b/tests/unit/timeutil/main.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <zephyr/ztest.h>
 #include "timeutil_test.h"
-#include "../../../lib/os/timeutil.c"
+#include "../../../lib/utils/timeutil.c"
 
 void timeutil_check(const struct timeutil_test_data *tp,
 		    size_t count)
diff --git a/tests/unit/util/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/unit/util/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e8a49ce1b..a78fab2bfd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/unit/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0)
 
 project(util)
 find_package(Zephyr COMPONENTS unittest REQUIRED HINTS $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE})
-target_sources(testbinary PRIVATE main.c maincxx.cxx ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/lib/os/dec.c)
+target_sources(testbinary PRIVATE main.c maincxx.cxx ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/lib/utils/dec.c)
diff --git a/tests/unit/winstream/main.c b/tests/unit/winstream/main.c
index 14728c7092..3136b98c08 100644
--- a/tests/unit/winstream/main.c
+++ b/tests/unit/winstream/main.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /* This, uh, seems to be the standard way to unit test library code.
  * Or so I gather from tests/unit/rbtree ...
  */
-#include "../../../lib/os/winstream.c"
+#include "../../../lib/utils/winstream.c"
 
 #define BUFLEN 64