diff --git a/examples/flowc/Kconfig b/examples/flowc/Kconfig
index 13869d706..5049dfebf 100644
--- a/examples/flowc/Kconfig
+++ b/examples/flowc/Kconfig
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ config EXAMPLES_FLOWC_RECEIVER_BUFSIZE
 	int "Receiver buffer size"
 	default 64
 
+config EXAMPLES_FLOWC_RECEIVER_DELAY
+	int "Receiver read delay (msec)"
+	default 100
+
 config EXAMPLES_FLOWC_RECEVER_DEVNAME
 	string "Default TTY device for receiver"
 	default "/dev/ttyACM0"
diff --git a/examples/flowc/flowc_receiver.c b/examples/flowc/flowc_receiver.c
index f5a92d0ec..a9b183f84 100644
--- a/examples/flowc/flowc_receiver.c
+++ b/examples/flowc/flowc_receiver.c
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ int flowc_receiver(int argc, char **argv)
           close(fd);
           return 1;
         }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXAMPLES_FLOWC_RECEIVER_DELAY
+      /* Delay to force flow control */
+
+      usleep(1000 * CONFIG_EXAMPLES_FLOWC_RECEIVER_DELAY);
+#endif
     }
 
   close(fd);