diff --git a/makefiles/tools/qemu.inc.mk b/makefiles/tools/qemu.inc.mk
index 9644dfcee5..9e5732b784 100644
--- a/makefiles/tools/qemu.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/tools/qemu.inc.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ EMULATOR ?= qemu-system-arm
 EMULATOR_MACHINE ?= $(BOARD)
 EMULATOR_MONITOR_PORT ?= 45454
 EMULATOR_MONITOR_FLAGS ?= telnet::$(EMULATOR_MONITOR_PORT),server,nowait
+FLASHFILE ?= $(ELFFILE)
 
 EMULATOR_FLAGS = -machine $(EMULATOR_MACHINE) -device loader,file=$(ELFFILE) \
                  -serial stdio \
diff --git a/makefiles/tools/renode.inc.mk b/makefiles/tools/renode.inc.mk
index 94acf1547b..0335fe0372 100644
--- a/makefiles/tools/renode.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/tools/renode.inc.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 RENODE ?= renode
 RENODE_IMAGE_FILE ?= $(ELFFILE)
 RENODE_BOARD_CONFIG ?= $(BOARDDIR)/dist/board.resc
+
+# Global build system configurations
+FLASHFILE ?= $(ELFFILE)
 EMULATORDEPS += $(RENODE_BOARD_CONFIG)
 
 # Use renode interactive commands to specify the image file and board config