diff --git a/subsys/bindesc/CMakeLists.txt b/subsys/bindesc/CMakeLists.txt
index 9dcb467208d..c597eddd3de 100644
--- a/subsys/bindesc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/subsys/bindesc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,32 +9,6 @@ else()
   zephyr_linker_sources(ROM_START SORT_KEY 0x1bindesc bindesc.ld)
 endif()
 
-# Wrapper macro around string(TIMESTAMP ...), that returns the time
-# in either local time or UTC, depending on CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_USE_LOCAL_TIME.
-macro(get_time out_var format)
-  if(CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_USE_LOCAL_TIME)
-    string(TIMESTAMP ${out_var} ${format})
-  else()
-    string(TIMESTAMP ${out_var} ${format} UTC)
-  endif()
-endmacro()
-
-macro(gen_build_time_int_definition def_name format)
-  if(CONFIG_BINDESC_${def_name})
-    get_time(${def_name} ${format})
-    # remove leading zeros so that the output will not be interpreted as octal
-    math(EXPR ${def_name} ${${def_name}})
-    zephyr_library_compile_definitions(${def_name}=${${def_name}})
-  endif()
-endmacro()
-
-macro(gen_build_time_str_definition def_name format)
-  if(CONFIG_BINDESC_${def_name})
-    get_time(${def_name} ${${format}})
-    zephyr_library_compile_definitions(${def_name}="${${def_name}}")
-  endif()
-endmacro()
-
 macro(gen_str_definition def_name value)
   if(CONFIG_BINDESC_${def_name})
     zephyr_library_compile_definitions(${def_name}="${value}")
@@ -43,31 +17,37 @@ endmacro()
 
 if(CONFIG_BINDESC_DEFINE_BUILD_TIME)
   zephyr_library_sources(bindesc_build_time.c)
-  gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_YEAR "%Y")
-  gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_MONTH "%m")
-  gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_DAY "%d")
-  gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_HOUR "%H")
-  gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_MINUTE "%M")
-  gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_SECOND "%S")
-  gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_UNIX "%s")
 
-  gen_build_time_str_definition(BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING
-      CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING_FORMAT)
-  gen_build_time_str_definition(BUILD_DATE_STRING
-      CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_STRING_FORMAT)
-  gen_build_time_str_definition(BUILD_TIME_STRING
-      CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_STRING_FORMAT)
+  set(gen_header ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/generated/bindesc_build_time.h)
+
+  if(CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_USE_LOCAL_TIME)
+    set(BUILD_TIME "LOCAL")
+  else()
+    set(BUILD_TIME "UTC")
+  endif()
+
+  set(GEN_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+      -DIN_FILE=${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/bindesc_build_time.h.in
+      -DOUT_FILE=${gen_header}
+      -DBUILD_TIME_TYPE="${BUILD_TIME}"
+      -DBUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING_FORMAT="${CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING_FORMAT}"
+      -DBUILD_DATE_STRING_FORMAT="${CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_STRING_FORMAT}"
+      -DBUILD_TIME_STRING_FORMAT="${CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_STRING_FORMAT}"
+      -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/gen_bindesc_build_time_h.cmake)
 
   if(CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_ALWAYS_REBUILD)
-    # By adding a custom target that invokes cmake,
-    # CMake is forced to rebuild this target on every build. This is
-    # done to ensure that the timestamp is always up to date.
-    add_custom_target(
-      bindesc_time_force_rebuild
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+    add_custom_target(gen_bindesc_build_time
+      COMMAND ${GEN_COMMAND}
+      BYPRODUCTS ${gen_header}
     )
-    zephyr_library_add_dependencies(bindesc_time_force_rebuild)
+  else()
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${gen_header}
+      COMMAND ${GEN_COMMAND}
+    )
+    add_custom_target(gen_bindesc_build_time DEPENDS ${gen_header})
   endif()
+
+  zephyr_library_add_dependencies(gen_bindesc_build_time)
 endif()
 
 if(CONFIG_BINDESC_DEFINE_VERSION)
diff --git a/subsys/bindesc/Kconfig.build_time b/subsys/bindesc/Kconfig.build_time
index f9917008852..f315c92f4c9 100644
--- a/subsys/bindesc/Kconfig.build_time
+++ b/subsys/bindesc/Kconfig.build_time
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ config BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_STRING
 	  The time of compilation as a string, such as "T17:43:14+0000"
 
 config BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING_FORMAT
-	depends on BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING
 	string "Date-Time format"
 	default "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"
 	help
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ config BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING_FORMAT
 	  Note: the default format complies with ISO-8601.
 
 config BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_STRING_FORMAT
-	depends on BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_STRING
 	string "Date format"
 	default "%Y-%m-%d"
 	help
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ config BINDESC_BUILD_DATE_STRING_FORMAT
 	  Note: the default format complies with ISO-8601.
 
 config BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_STRING_FORMAT
-	depends on BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_STRING
 	string "Time format"
 	default "T%H:%M:%S%z"
 	help
diff --git a/subsys/bindesc/bindesc_build_time.c b/subsys/bindesc/bindesc_build_time.c
index c741ce0ffd8..fde98c0f005 100644
--- a/subsys/bindesc/bindesc_build_time.c
+++ b/subsys/bindesc/bindesc_build_time.c
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #include <zephyr/kernel.h>
 #include <zephyr/bindesc.h>
 
+/* Include generated header */
+#include <bindesc_build_time.h>
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_YEAR)
 BINDESC_UINT_DEFINE(build_time_year, BINDESC_ID_BUILD_TIME_YEAR, BUILD_TIME_YEAR);
 #endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_YEAR) */
diff --git a/subsys/bindesc/bindesc_build_time.h.in b/subsys/bindesc/bindesc_build_time.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ae2ad2e170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subsys/bindesc/bindesc_build_time.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */
+
+#ifndef _BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_H_
+#define _BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_H_
+
+#define BUILD_TIME_YEAR   @BUILD_TIME_YEAR@
+#define BUILD_TIME_MONTH  @BUILD_TIME_MONTH@
+#define BUILD_TIME_DAY    @BUILD_TIME_DAY@
+#define BUILD_TIME_HOUR   @BUILD_TIME_HOUR@
+#define BUILD_TIME_MINUTE @BUILD_TIME_MINUTE@
+#define BUILD_TIME_SECOND @BUILD_TIME_SECOND@
+#define BUILD_TIME_UNIX   @BUILD_TIME_UNIX@
+
+#define BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING "@BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING@"
+#define BUILD_DATE_STRING      "@BUILD_DATE_STRING@"
+#define BUILD_TIME_STRING      "@BUILD_TIME_STRING@"
+
+#endif /* _BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_H_ */
diff --git a/subsys/bindesc/gen_bindesc_build_time_h.cmake b/subsys/bindesc/gen_bindesc_build_time_h.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d1b0db0e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subsys/bindesc/gen_bindesc_build_time_h.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0)
+
+# Wrapper macro around string(TIMESTAMP ...), that returns the time
+# in either local time or UTC, depending on CONFIG_BINDESC_BUILD_TIME_USE_LOCAL_TIME.
+macro(get_time out_var format)
+  if(BUILD_TIME_TYPE STREQUAL LOCAL)
+    string(TIMESTAMP ${out_var} ${format})
+  else()
+    string(TIMESTAMP ${out_var} ${format} UTC)
+  endif()
+endmacro()
+
+macro(gen_build_time_int_definition def_name format)
+  get_time(${def_name} ${format})
+  # remove leading zeros so that the output will not be interpreted as octal
+  math(EXPR ${def_name} ${${def_name}})
+endmacro()
+
+macro(gen_build_time_str_definition def_name format)
+  get_time(${def_name} ${${format}})
+endmacro()
+
+gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_YEAR "%Y")
+gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_MONTH "%m")
+gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_DAY "%d")
+gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_HOUR "%H")
+gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_MINUTE "%M")
+gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_SECOND "%S")
+gen_build_time_int_definition(BUILD_TIME_UNIX "%s")
+
+gen_build_time_str_definition(BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING BUILD_DATE_TIME_STRING_FORMAT)
+gen_build_time_str_definition(BUILD_DATE_STRING BUILD_DATE_STRING_FORMAT)
+gen_build_time_str_definition(BUILD_TIME_STRING BUILD_TIME_STRING_FORMAT)
+
+file(READ ${IN_FILE} content)
+string(CONFIGURE "${content}" content)
+file(WRITE ${OUT_FILE} "${content}")