The Portuguese star was expected to be out until October after undergoing ankle surgery in the summer, but manager Sir Alex Ferguson revealed he is well ahead of his scheduled recovery time.
Ronaldo, who received the European Golden Boot award on Saturday night after scoring 31 league goals last season, is expected to feature on the bench when United travel to Stamford Bridge.
"I think he will be on the subs' bench against Chelsea," said Ferguson.
"Ronaldo is training now, he's with the first team. He's come on leaps and bounds. He's likely to be involved next week.
"I think we mentioned a couple of weeks ago he was making rapid progress in terms of overcoming the injury problem he had and the training he's been doing with the physios and Tony Strudwick the fitness coach.
"He's been making great strides in the direction towards the first-team."
The news comes as a massive boost for the Champions, who lost 2-1 at Liverpool, on Saturday and are already six points off the top of the table, albeit with a game in hand.
Ronaldo underwent surgery on a persistent ankle injury in July after playing for Portugal at Euro 2008.
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