diff --git a/boot/zephyr/Kconfig b/boot/zephyr/Kconfig
index b422625..1fd9bfc 100644
--- a/boot/zephyr/Kconfig
+++ b/boot/zephyr/Kconfig
@@ -690,6 +690,16 @@
 	  'mcuboot_status_type_t' is listed in
 	  boot/bootutil/include/bootutil/mcuboot_status.h
 
+config BOOT_DISABLE_CACHES
+	bool "Disable I/D caches before chain-loading application"
+	depends on CPU_HAS_ICACHE || CPU_HAS_DCACHE
+	default y
+	help
+	  Will flush and disable the instruction and data caches on the CPU prior to
+	  booting an application, this is required on some ARM Cortex devices and
+	  increases protection against data leakage from MCUboot to applications via
+	  these caches.
+
 endmenu
 
 config MCUBOOT_DEVICE_SETTINGS
diff --git a/boot/zephyr/main.c b/boot/zephyr/main.c
index 204c430..686e02e 100644
--- a/boot/zephyr/main.c
+++ b/boot/zephyr/main.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #include <soc.h>
 #include <zephyr/linker/linker-defs.h>
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_BOOT_DISABLE_CACHES)
+#include <zephyr/cache.h>
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARM)
 #include <cmsis_core.h>
 #endif
@@ -176,10 +180,12 @@
 #if CONFIG_MCUBOOT_CLEANUP_ARM_CORE
     cleanup_arm_nvic(); /* cleanup NVIC registers */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CORTEX_M_HAS_CACHE
-    /* Disable instruction cache and data cache before chain-load the application */
-    SCB_DisableDCache();
-    SCB_DisableICache();
+#if defined(CONFIG_BOOT_DISABLE_CACHES)
+    /* Flush and disable instruction/data caches before chain-loading the application */
+    (void)sys_cache_instr_flush_all();
+    (void)sys_cache_data_flush_all();
+    sys_cache_instr_disable();
+    sys_cache_data_disable();
 #endif
 
 #if CONFIG_CPU_HAS_ARM_MPU || CONFIG_CPU_HAS_NXP_MPU