diff --git a/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
index 68c783b..aebf9a2 100644
--- a/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ if(DMBOOT_FLASH_DMD_FILES OR DMBOOT_MAIN_MODULE OR DMBOOT_SHELL)
             COMMAND ${DMF_GET} -d "${DMBOOT_COMBINED_FLASH_DMD}" -o "${DMBOOT_MODULES_OUT_DIR}" -t "${DMOD_TOOLS_NAME}" --cpu-family "${DMBOOT_MCU_SERIES}" -y --type "${DMBOOT_MODULE_TYPE}" --config-dir "${DMBOOT_CONFIG_DIR}" --config-map "${DMBOOT_CONFIG_MAP}" --views-dir "${DMBOOT_EVIEWS_DIR}"
         )
     endif()
+    if(DMBOOT_EMULATION)
+        # Renode's USART cannot be served by DMA: the UARTs receive by interrupt
+        list(APPEND _FLASH_DOWNLOAD_COMMANDS
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DDMUART_CONFIG_DIR=${DMBOOT_CONFIG_DIR}/drivers/dmuart
+                -P "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/emulation_uart_config.cmake"
+        )
+    endif()
     list(APPEND _FLASH_DOWNLOAD_COMMANDS
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch "${DMBOOT_MODULES_MARKER_FILE}"
     )
diff --git a/scripts/emulation_uart_config.cmake b/scripts/emulation_uart_config.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d690fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/emulation_uart_config.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Emulation: the UARTs receive by interrupt.
+#
+# Renode's STM32F7 USART has no DMA request line, so a UART that receives by
+# DMA (dmuart's default) gets nothing there - the console would not read a
+# key. dmuart's `rx_dma=0` makes it receive by interrupt, which the model
+# serves; the hardware keeps the DMA. Run on the driver configuration the
+# modules brought (DMBOOT_CONFIG_DIR/drivers/dmuart/*.ini):
+#
+#   cmake -DDMUART_CONFIG_DIR=<dir> -P emulation_uart_config.cmake
+#
+file(GLOB DMUART_INIS "${DMUART_CONFIG_DIR}/*.ini")
+foreach(INI ${DMUART_INIS})
+    file(READ "${INI}" CONTENT)
+    if(CONTENT MATCHES "driver_name=dmuart" AND NOT CONTENT MATCHES "(^|\n)rx_dma=")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "(\n[ \t]*rx_ring_size=[^\n]*)" "\\1\nrx_dma=0" CONTENT "${CONTENT}")
+        file(WRITE "${INI}" "${CONTENT}")
+    endif()
+endforeach()