diff --git a/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/Kconfig b/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/Kconfig
index 94aab3b8de6..9da8979e878 100644
--- a/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ menuconfig HAWKBIT
 	depends on SETTINGS
 	depends on FLASH
 	depends on REBOOT
-	depends on HWINFO
 	depends on NET_TCP
 	depends on NET_SOCKETS
 	depends on IMG_MANAGER
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ menuconfig HAWKBIT
 	select MPU_ALLOW_FLASH_WRITE
 	select IMG_ENABLE_IMAGE_CHECK
 	select IMG_ERASE_PROGRESSIVELY
+	imply HWINFO if !HAWKBIT_CUSTOM_DEVICE_ID
 	help
 	  hawkBit is a domain independent back-end framework for polling out
 	  software updates to constrained edge devices as well as more powerful
diff --git a/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/hawkbit_device.c b/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/hawkbit_device.c
index 10ee07fbcdf..2d39c845a3e 100644
--- a/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/hawkbit_device.c
+++ b/subsys/mgmt/hawkbit/hawkbit_device.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ bool hawkbit_get_device_identity(char *id, int id_max_len)
 
 static bool hawkbit_get_device_identity_default(char *id, int id_max_len)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_HWINFO
 	uint8_t hwinfo_id[DEVICE_ID_BIN_MAX_SIZE];
 	ssize_t length;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ static bool hawkbit_get_device_identity_default(char *id, int id_max_len)
 	length = bin2hex(hwinfo_id, (size_t)length, id, id_max_len);
 
 	return length > 0;
+#else /* CONFIG_HWINFO */
+	ARG_UNUSED(id);
+	ARG_UNUSED(id_max_len);
+
+	return false;
+#endif /* CONFIG_HWINFO */
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAWKBIT_CUSTOM_DEVICE_ID