diff --git a/drivers/timer/Kconfig.nrf_grtc b/drivers/timer/Kconfig.nrf_grtc
index 082c15333dcb..a09243d7a78f 100644
--- a/drivers/timer/Kconfig.nrf_grtc
+++ b/drivers/timer/Kconfig.nrf_grtc
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ config NRF_GRTC_ALWAYS_ON
 	help
 	  Always keep the SYSCOUNTER active even if the CPU is in sleep mode.
 
+config NRF_GRTC_CLEAR_AT_INIT
+	bool "Clear the GRTC on driver init."
+	help
+	  Clear the GRTC counter on initialization.
+
 config NRF_GRTC_TIMER_APP_DEFINED_INIT
 	bool "Application defines GRTC initialization"
 	help
diff --git a/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/nrfx_kconfig.h b/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/nrfx_kconfig.h
index ef870a568b2b..3967864c88f1 100644
--- a/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/nrfx_kconfig.h
+++ b/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/nrfx_kconfig.h
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_NRF_GRTC_START_SYSCOUNTER
 #define NRFX_GRTC_CONFIG_AUTOSTART 1
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NRF_GRTC_CLEAR_AT_INIT
+#define NRFX_GRTC_CONFIG_CLEAR_AT_INIT 1
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NRFX_GPIOTE
 #define NRFX_GPIOTE_ENABLED 1