diff --git a/.shippable.yml b/.shippable.yml
index 993689971fbf..af86a90bdbdf 100644
--- a/.shippable.yml
+++ b/.shippable.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ env:
         - ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=zephyr
         - MATRIX_BUILDS="5"
         - MATRIX_BUILDS_EXTRA="5"
+        - BSIM_OUT_PATH=/opt/bsim/
+        - BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH=${BSIM_OUT_PATH}/components/
     matrix:
         - MATRIX_BUILD="1"
         - MATRIX_BUILD="2"
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ build:
         - ${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/ccache
     pre_ci_boot:
         image_name: zephyrprojectrtos/ci
-        image_tag: v0.4-rc7
+        image_tag: v0.4-rc9
         pull: true
         options: "-e HOME=/home/buildslave --privileged=true --tty --net=bridge --user buildslave"
 
@@ -34,6 +36,14 @@ build:
         if [ "$IS_PULL_REQUEST" = "true" ]; then
           git rebase origin/${PULL_REQUEST_BASE_BRANCH};
         fi
+      - export NRF_HW_MODELS_VERSION=`cat boards/posix/nrf52_bsim/hw_models_version`
+      - >
+         pushd . ;
+         cd ${BSIM_COMPONENTS_PATH} ;
+         git clone -b ${NRF_HW_MODELS_VERSION} https://github.com/BabbleSim/ext_NRF52_hw_models.git;
+         cd /opt/bsim/ ;
+         make everything -j 8;
+         popd ;
       - source zephyr-env.sh
       - ccache -c -s --max-size=5000M
       - >
@@ -84,7 +94,7 @@ build:
       - >
          if [ "$MATRIX_BUILD" = "1" ]; then
             gcovr -r ${ZEPHYR_BASE} -x > shippable/codecoverage/coverage.xml;
-            lcov --capture --directory sanity-out/native_posix/ --directory sanity-out/unit_testing/ --output-file lcov.pre.info -q --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1;
+            lcov --capture --directory sanity-out/native_posix/ --directory sanity-out/nrf52_bsim/ --directory sanity-out/unit_testing/ --output-file lcov.pre.info -q --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1;
             lcov -q --remove lcov.pre.info mylib.c --remove lcov.pre.info tests/\* --remove lcov.pre.info samples/\* --remove lcov.pre.info ext/\* --remove lcov.pre.info *generated* -o lcov.info --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1;
             rm lcov.pre.info;
             rm -rf sanity-out out-2nd-pass;
@@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ build:
       - >
          if [ "$MATRIX_BUILD" = "1" ]; then
             gcovr -r ${ZEPHYR_BASE} -x > shippable/codecoverage/coverage.xml;
-            lcov --capture --directory sanity-out/native_posix/ --directory sanity-out/unit_testing/ --output-file lcov.pre.info -q --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1;
+            lcov --capture --directory sanity-out/native_posix/ --directory sanity-out/nrf52_bsim/ --directory sanity-out/unit_testing/ --output-file lcov.pre.info -q --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1;
             lcov -q --remove lcov.pre.info mylib.c --remove lcov.pre.info tests/\* --remove lcov.pre.info samples/\* --remove lcov.pre.info ext/\* --remove lcov.pre.info *generated* -o lcov.info --rc lcov_branch_coverage=1;
             rm lcov.pre.info;
             rm -rf sanity-out out-2nd-pass;