diff --git a/samples/philosophers/Kconfig b/samples/philosophers/Kconfig
index 97dfe318..fdc76b2f 100644
--- a/samples/philosophers/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/philosophers/Kconfig
@@ -7,14 +7,20 @@ source "Kconfig.zephyr"
 
 choice
 	prompt "Select Synchronization implementation"
-	default SYNC_CHANNEL
+	default SYNC_SYS_DYNAMIC_SEMAPHORE
 
 	config SYNC_SYS_SEMAPHORE
 		bool "Use sys::Semaphore to synchronize forks"
 		help
-		  Use to have the dining philosophers sample use sys::Mutex, with one per fork, to
+		  Use to have the dining philosophers sample use sys::Semaphore, with one per fork, to
 		  synchronize.
 
+	config SYNC_SYS_DYNAMIC_SEMAPHORE
+		bool "Use a dynamic sys::Semaphore to synchronize forks"
+		help
+		  Use to have the dining philosophers sample use sys::Semaphore, with one per fork, to
+		  synchronize.  The Semaphores will be dynamically allocated.
+
 	config SYNC_SYS_MUTEX
 		bool "Use sys::Semaphore to synchronize forks"
 		help
diff --git a/samples/philosophers/sample.yaml b/samples/philosophers/sample.yaml
index b59af7b1..8e938bd2 100644
--- a/samples/philosophers/sample.yaml
+++ b/samples/philosophers/sample.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ tests:
     min_ram: 32
     extra_configs:
       - CONFIG_SYNC_SYS_SEMAPHORE=y
+  sample.rust.philosopher.dynsemaphore:
+    tags: introduction
+    min_ram: 32
+    extra_configs:
+      - CONFIG_SYNC_SYS_DYNAMIC_SEMAPHORE=y
   sample.rust.philosopher.sysmutex:
     tags: introduction
     min_ram: 32
diff --git a/samples/philosophers/src/dynsemsync.rs b/samples/philosophers/src/dynsemsync.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8015ffe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/philosophers/src/dynsemsync.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 Linaro LTD
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//! Semaphore based sync.
+//!
+//! This is the simplest type of sync, which uses a single semaphore per fork.
+
+extern crate alloc;
+
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+
+use zephyr::{
+    sync::Arc, sys::sync::Semaphore, time::Forever
+};
+
+use crate::{ForkSync, NUM_PHIL};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct SemSync {
+    /// The forks for this philosopher.  This is a big excessive, as we really don't need all of
+    /// them, but the ForSync code uses the index here.
+    forks: [Arc<Semaphore>; NUM_PHIL],
+}
+
+impl ForkSync for SemSync {
+    fn take(&self, index: usize) {
+        self.forks[index].take(Forever).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    fn release(&self, index: usize) {
+        self.forks[index].give();
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub fn dyn_semaphore_sync() -> Vec<Arc<dyn ForkSync>> {
+    let forks = [(); NUM_PHIL].each_ref().map(|()| {
+        Arc::new(Semaphore::new(1, 1).unwrap())
+    });
+
+    let syncers = (0..NUM_PHIL).map(|_| {
+        let syncer = SemSync {
+            forks: forks.clone(),
+        };
+        let item = Box::new(syncer) as Box<dyn ForkSync>;
+        Arc::from(item)
+    }).collect();
+
+    syncers
+}
diff --git a/samples/philosophers/src/lib.rs b/samples/philosophers/src/lib.rs
index ed6a093e..35be8f25 100644
--- a/samples/philosophers/src/lib.rs
+++ b/samples/philosophers/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ use crate::sysmutex::SysMutexSync;
 use crate::channel::get_channel_syncer;
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 use crate::semsync::semaphore_sync;
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+use crate::dynsemsync::dyn_semaphore_sync;
 
 mod channel;
 mod condsync;
+mod dynsemsync;
 mod sysmutex;
 mod semsync;
 
@@ -95,6 +98,11 @@ fn get_syncer() -> Vec<Arc<dyn ForkSync>> {
     semaphore_sync()
 }
 
+#[cfg(CONFIG_SYNC_SYS_DYNAMIC_SEMAPHORE)]
+fn get_syncer() -> Vec<Arc<dyn ForkSync>> {
+    dyn_semaphore_sync()
+}
+
 #[cfg(CONFIG_SYNC_SYS_MUTEX)]
 fn get_syncer() -> Vec<Arc<dyn ForkSync>> {
     let syncer = Box::new(SysMutexSync::new())