diff --git a/src/osmo_gsm_tester/obj/enb.py b/src/osmo_gsm_tester/obj/enb.py
index d9fe1a5..be48887 100644
--- a/src/osmo_gsm_tester/obj/enb.py
+++ b/src/osmo_gsm_tester/obj/enb.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
         'rf_dev_args': schema.STR,
         'additional_args[]': schema.STR,
         'enable_measurements': schema.BOOL_STR,
+        'enable_dl_awgn': schema.BOOL_STR,
+        'dl_awgn_snr': schema.INT,
         'a1_report_type': schema.STR,
         'a1_report_value': schema.INT,
         'a1_hysteresis': schema.INT,
diff --git a/src/osmo_gsm_tester/obj/enb_amarisoft.py b/src/osmo_gsm_tester/obj/enb_amarisoft.py
index 4b24844..c7a9810 100644
--- a/src/osmo_gsm_tester/obj/enb_amarisoft.py
+++ b/src/osmo_gsm_tester/obj/enb_amarisoft.py
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@
         self.enable_measurements = util.str2bool(values['enb'].get('enable_measurements', 'false'))
         config.overlay(values, dict(enb={'enable_measurements': self.enable_measurements}))
 
+        config.overlay(values, dict(enb={'enable_dl_awgn': util.str2bool(values['enb'].get('enable_dl_awgn', 'false'))}))
+
         # We need to set some specific variables programatically here to match IP addresses:
         if self._conf.get('rf_dev_type') == 'zmq':
             base_srate = self.num_prb2base_srate(self.num_prb())
diff --git a/src/osmo_gsm_tester/templates/amarisoft_enb.cfg.tmpl b/src/osmo_gsm_tester/templates/amarisoft_enb.cfg.tmpl
index 09532cc..7896ecb 100644
--- a/src/osmo_gsm_tester/templates/amarisoft_enb.cfg.tmpl
+++ b/src/osmo_gsm_tester/templates/amarisoft_enb.cfg.tmpl
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
   /* RF driver configuration */
   include "amarisoft_rf_driver.cfg",
 
+% if enb.enable_dl_awgn:
+  channel_dl: {
+    type: "awgn",
+    snr: ${enb.dl_awgn_snr}
+  },
+% endif
+
   mme_list: [
     {
       s1ap_bind_addr: "${enb.addr}",