diff --git a/drivers/disk/Kconfig.sdmmc b/drivers/disk/Kconfig.sdmmc
index 26faa7b67ff..840e7ea909d 100644
--- a/drivers/disk/Kconfig.sdmmc
+++ b/drivers/disk/Kconfig.sdmmc
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ config SDMMC_STM32
 	help
 	  File system on sdmmc accessed through stm32 sdmmc.
 
+config SDMMC_STM32_HWFC
+	bool "STM32 SDMMC Hardware Flow control"
+	depends on SDMMC_STM32
+	depends on SOC_SERIES_STM32H7X || SOC_SERIES_STM32F7X || SOC_SERIES_STM32L4X
+	help
+	  Enable SDMMC Hardware Flow Control to avoid FIFO underrun (TX mode) and
+	  overrun (RX mode) errors.
+
 module = SDMMC
 module-str = sdmmc
 source "subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config"
diff --git a/drivers/disk/sdmmc_stm32.c b/drivers/disk/sdmmc_stm32.c
index df059551998..ca2e3f966a2 100644
--- a/drivers/disk/sdmmc_stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/disk/sdmmc_stm32.c
@@ -287,6 +287,15 @@ static struct disk_info stm32_sdmmc_info = {
 	.ops = &stm32_sdmmc_ops,
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SDMMC_STM32_HWFC
+static void stm32_sdmmc_fc_enable(struct stm32_sdmmc_priv *priv)
+{
+	MMC_TypeDef *sdmmcx = priv->hsd.Instance;
+
+	sdmmcx->CLKCR |= SDMMC_CLKCR_HWFC_EN;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Check if the card is present or not. If no card detect gpio is set, assume
  * the card is present. If reading the gpio fails for some reason, assume the
@@ -444,6 +453,10 @@ static int disk_stm32_sdmmc_init(const struct device *dev)
 	k_sem_init(&priv->thread_lock, 1, 1);
 	k_sem_init(&priv->sync, 0, 1);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SDMMC_STM32_HWFC
+	stm32_sdmmc_fc_enable(priv);
+#endif
+
 	err = stm32_sdmmc_card_detect_init(priv);
 	if (err) {
 		return err;