diff --git a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
index f66af3c1c4048c2..19ddd9739815c8f 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
@@ -3357,7 +3357,12 @@ function(zephyr_get_scoped output scope variable)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "zephyr_get_scoped(): scope ${scope} doesn't exists.")
   endif()
 
-  get_property(value TARGET ${scope}_scope PROPERTY ${variable})
+  if(CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE)
+    set(kind SOURCE)
+  else()
+    set(kind TARGET)
+  endif()
+  get_property(value ${kind} ${scope}_scope PROPERTY ${variable})
   set(${output} "${value}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
@@ -3388,7 +3393,12 @@ function(zephyr_set variable)
     set(property_args APPEND)
   endif()
 
-  set_property(TARGET ${SET_VAR_SCOPE}_scope ${property_args}
+  if(CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE)
+    set(kind SOURCE)
+  else()
+    set(kind TARGET)
+  endif()
+  set_property(${kind} ${SET_VAR_SCOPE}_scope ${property_args}
                PROPERTY ${variable} ${SET_VAR_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}
   )
 endfunction()
@@ -5909,10 +5919,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE)
     # This silence the error: 'set_target_properties command is not scriptable'
   endfunction()
 
-  function(zephyr_set variable)
-    # This silence the error: zephyr_set(...  SCOPE <scope>) doesn't exists.
-  endfunction()
-
   # Build info creates a custom target for handling of build info.
   # build_info is not needed in script mode but still called by Zephyr CMake
   # modules. Therefore disable build_info(...) in when including
@@ -5921,4 +5927,27 @@ if(CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE)
     # This silence the error: 'YAML context 'build_info' does not exist.'
     #                         'Remember to create a YAML context'
   endfunction()
+
+  # Script mode version, using SOURCE properties
+  function(zephyr_create_scope scope)
+    zephyr_exists_scope(scope_exists ${scope})
+    if(scope_exists)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "zephyr_create_scope(${scope}) already exists.")
+    endif()
+
+    set_property(SOURCE ${scope}_scope PROPERTY ZEPHYR_SCOPE TRUE)
+  endfunction()
+
+  # Script mode version, using SOURCE properties
+  macro(zephyr_exists_scope output scope)
+    get_property(zephyr_exists_scope_value SOURCE ${scope}_scope PROPERTY ZEPHYR_SCOPE)
+    if(DEFINED zephyr_exists_scope_value)
+      unset(zephyr_exists_scope_value)
+      set(${output} TRUE)
+    else()
+      set(${output} FALSE)
+    endif()
+  endmacro()
+
+  # zephyr_get_scoped and zephyr_set support script mode as well
 endif()