diff --git a/boot/zephyr/Kconfig.serial_recovery b/boot/zephyr/Kconfig.serial_recovery
index e254ede..225c430 100644
--- a/boot/zephyr/Kconfig.serial_recovery
+++ b/boot/zephyr/Kconfig.serial_recovery
@@ -52,10 +52,16 @@
 	  selection is done.
 
 config BOOT_MAX_LINE_INPUT_LEN
-	int "Maximum command line length"
+	int "Maximum input line length"
 	default 512
 	help
-	  Maximum length of commands transported over the serial port.
+	  Maximum length of input serial port buffer.
+
+config BOOT_SERIAL_MAX_RECEIVE_SIZE
+	int "Maximum command line length"
+	default 1024
+	help
+	  Maximum length of received commands via the serial port.
 
 config BOOT_SERIAL_DETECT_PORT
 	string "GPIO device to trigger serial recovery mode (DEPRECATED)"
diff --git a/boot/zephyr/include/mcuboot_config/mcuboot_config.h b/boot/zephyr/include/mcuboot_config/mcuboot_config.h
index 4dc105f..fbdcddd 100644
--- a/boot/zephyr/include/mcuboot_config/mcuboot_config.h
+++ b/boot/zephyr/include/mcuboot_config/mcuboot_config.h
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@
 #define MCUBOOT_MAX_IMG_SECTORS       128
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_SERIAL_MAX_RECEIVE_SIZE
+#define MCUBOOT_SERIAL_MAX_RECEIVE_SIZE CONFIG_BOOT_SERIAL_MAX_RECEIVE_SIZE
+#endif
+
 /* Support 32-byte aligned flash sizes */
 #if DT_HAS_CHOSEN(zephyr_flash)
     #if DT_PROP_OR(DT_CHOSEN(zephyr_flash), write_block_size, 0) > 8