diff --git a/doc/static/zephyr-custom.css b/doc/static/zephyr-custom.css
index 635157ec456..ef3e4d0e555 100644
--- a/doc/static/zephyr-custom.css
+++ b/doc/static/zephyr-custom.css
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ table.align-center {
    display: table !important;
 }
 
+/* put the table caption at the bottom, as done for figures */
+table {
+   caption-side: bottom;
+}
 
 .code-block-caption {
     color: #000;