diff --git a/examples/lighting-app/nrfconnect/main/AppTask.cpp b/examples/lighting-app/nrfconnect/main/AppTask.cpp
index 8c4b1391f88dbf..f8d9f6a3b53cb9 100644
--- a/examples/lighting-app/nrfconnect/main/AppTask.cpp
+++ b/examples/lighting-app/nrfconnect/main/AppTask.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ int AppTask::Init()
 void AppTask::InitOTARequestor()
 {
 #if CONFIG_CHIP_OTA_REQUESTOR
+    sOTAImageProcessor.SetOTADownloader(&sBDXDownloader);
     sBDXDownloader.SetImageProcessorDelegate(&sOTAImageProcessor);
     sOTARequestor.SetOtaRequestorDriver(&sOTARequestorDriver);
     sOTARequestor.SetBDXDownloader(&sBDXDownloader);
diff --git a/src/platform/nrfconnect/OTAImageProcessorImpl.cpp b/src/platform/nrfconnect/OTAImageProcessorImpl.cpp
index a01417e956e247..c31f321a70872b 100644
--- a/src/platform/nrfconnect/OTAImageProcessorImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/nrfconnect/OTAImageProcessorImpl.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 
 #include "OTAImageProcessorImpl.h"
 
+#include <app/clusters/ota-requestor/OTADownloader.h>
 #include <lib/support/CodeUtils.h>
+#include <platform/CHIPDeviceLayer.h>
 #include <system/SystemError.h>
 
 #include <dfu/dfu_target.h>
@@ -27,6 +29,13 @@ namespace chip {
 namespace DeviceLayer {
 
 CHIP_ERROR OTAImageProcessorImpl::PrepareDownload()
+{
+    VerifyOrReturnError(mDownloader != nullptr, CHIP_ERROR_INCORRECT_STATE);
+
+    return DeviceLayer::SystemLayer().ScheduleLambda([this] { mDownloader->OnPreparedForDownload(PrepareDownloadImpl()); });
+}
+
+CHIP_ERROR OTAImageProcessorImpl::PrepareDownloadImpl()
 {
     ReturnErrorOnFailure(System::MapErrorZephyr(dfu_target_mcuboot_set_buf(mBuffer, sizeof(mBuffer))));
     ReturnErrorOnFailure(System::MapErrorZephyr(dfu_target_reset()));
@@ -50,7 +59,18 @@ CHIP_ERROR OTAImageProcessorImpl::Apply()
 
 CHIP_ERROR OTAImageProcessorImpl::ProcessBlock(ByteSpan & block)
 {
-    return System::MapErrorZephyr(dfu_target_write(block.data(), block.size()));
+    VerifyOrReturnError(mDownloader != nullptr, CHIP_ERROR_INCORRECT_STATE);
+
+    // DFU target library buffers data internally, so do not clone the block data.
+    CHIP_ERROR error = System::MapErrorZephyr(dfu_target_write(block.data(), block.size()));
+
+    // Report the result back to the downloader asynchronously.
+    return DeviceLayer::SystemLayer().ScheduleLambda([this, error] {
+        if (error == CHIP_NO_ERROR)
+            mDownloader->FetchNextData();
+        else
+            mDownloader->EndDownload(error);
+    });
 }
 
 } // namespace DeviceLayer
diff --git a/src/platform/nrfconnect/OTAImageProcessorImpl.h b/src/platform/nrfconnect/OTAImageProcessorImpl.h
index ef510f06f3c219..a9db9201ec6565 100644
--- a/src/platform/nrfconnect/OTAImageProcessorImpl.h
+++ b/src/platform/nrfconnect/OTAImageProcessorImpl.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #include <platform/OTAImageProcessor.h>
 
 namespace chip {
+
+class OTADownloader;
+
 namespace DeviceLayer {
 
 class OTAImageProcessorImpl : public OTAImageProcessorInterface
@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@ class OTAImageProcessorImpl : public OTAImageProcessorInterface
 public:
     static constexpr size_t kBufferSize = CONFIG_CHIP_OTA_REQUESTOR_BUFFER_SIZE;
 
+    void SetOTADownloader(OTADownloader * downloader) { mDownloader = downloader; };
+
     CHIP_ERROR PrepareDownload() override;
     CHIP_ERROR Finalize() override;
     CHIP_ERROR Abort() override;
@@ -35,6 +40,9 @@ class OTAImageProcessorImpl : public OTAImageProcessorInterface
     CHIP_ERROR ProcessBlock(ByteSpan & block) override;
 
 private:
+    CHIP_ERROR PrepareDownloadImpl();
+
+    OTADownloader * mDownloader = nullptr;
     uint8_t mBuffer[kBufferSize];
 };