diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.ci_qemu b/docker/Dockerfile.ci_qemu
index e309bb5f0e6c..9920b1f70e8b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.ci_qemu
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.ci_qemu
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ COPY install/ubuntu_init_zephyr_project.sh /install/ubuntu_init_zephyr_project.s
 RUN bash /install/ubuntu_install_zephyr.sh
 ENV ZEPHYR_BASE=/opt/zephyrproject/zephyr
 
+# Arduino deps
+COPY install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh /install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh
+RUN bash /install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh
+
 # Install ONNX
 COPY install/ubuntu_install_onnx.sh /install/ubuntu_install_onnx.sh
 RUN bash /install/ubuntu_install_onnx.sh
diff --git a/docker/install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh b/docker/install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b4b8d80fce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/install/ubuntu_install_arduino.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -e
+set -u
+set -o pipefail
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+apt-get install -y ca-certificates
+
+# Install arduino-cli latest version
+wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh | sh -s
+
+# Install supported cores from those URLS
+arduino-cli core install arduino:mbed_nano
+arduino-cli core install arduino:sam