diff --git a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/environment.py b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/environment.py
index 028c42b5f5..318a0449f1 100644
--- a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/environment.py
+++ b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/environment.py
@@ -247,6 +247,17 @@ structure in the main Zephyr tree: boards/<arch>/<board_name>/""")
              "This option is useful when running a large number of tests on "
              "different hosts to speed up execution time.")
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--shuffle-tests", action="store_true", default=None,
+        help="""Shuffle test execution order to get randomly distributed tests across subsets.
+                Used only when --subset is provided.""")
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--shuffle-tests-seed", action="store", default=None,
+        help="""Seed value for random generator used to shuffle tests.
+                If not provided, seed in generated by system.
+                Used only when --shuffle-tests is provided.""")
+
     parser.add_argument("-C", "--coverage", action="store_true",
                         help="Generate coverage reports. Implies "
                              "--enable-coverage.")
@@ -698,6 +709,14 @@ def parse_arguments(parser, args, options = None):
         logger.error("--device-flash-with-test requires --device-testing")
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    if options.shuffle_tests and options.subset is None:
+        logger.error("--shuffle-tests requires --subset")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if options.shuffle_tests_seed and options.shuffle_tests is None:
+        logger.error("--shuffle-tests-seed requires --shuffle-tests")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
     if options.coverage_formats and (options.coverage_tool != "gcovr"):
         logger.error("""--coverage-formats can only be used when coverage
                         tool is set to gcovr""")
diff --git a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/testplan.py b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/testplan.py
index ad2486e4b0..3dffbc2121 100755
--- a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/testplan.py
+++ b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/testplan.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from itertools import islice
 import logging
 import copy
 import shutil
+import random
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('twister')
 logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
@@ -251,6 +252,17 @@ class TestPlan:
         else:
             self.instances = OrderedDict(sorted(self.instances.items()))
 
+        if self.options.shuffle_tests:
+            seed_value = int.from_bytes(os.urandom(8), byteorder="big")
+            if self.options.shuffle_tests_seed is not None:
+                seed_value = self.options.shuffle_tests_seed
+
+            logger.info(f"Shuffle tests with seed: {seed_value}")
+            random.seed(seed_value)
+            temp_list = list(self.instances.items())
+            random.shuffle(temp_list)
+            self.instances = OrderedDict(temp_list)
+
         # Do calculation based on what is actually going to be run and evaluated
         # at runtime, ignore the cases we already know going to be skipped.
         # This fixes an issue where some sets would get majority of skips and