diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 644cce206a..1578c8d16b 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ THP ?= 0
 BENCHMARK ?= 0
 TREZOR_EMULATOR_DEBUGGABLE ?= 0
 QUIET_MODE ?= 0
+TREZOR_DISABLE_ANIMATION ?= $(if $(filter 0,$(PYOPT)),1,0)
 
 # OpenOCD interface default. Alternative: ftdi/olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h
 OPENOCD_INTERFACE ?= stlink
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ SCONS_VARS = \
 	PYOPT="$(PYOPT)" \
 	QUIET_MODE="$(QUIET_MODE)" \
 	THP="$(THP)" \
+	TREZOR_DISABLE_ANIMATION="$(TREZOR_DISABLE_ANIMATION)" \
 	TREZOR_EMULATOR_ASAN="$(ADDRESS_SANITIZER)" \
 	TREZOR_EMULATOR_DEBUGGABLE=$(TREZOR_EMULATOR_DEBUGGABLE) \
 	TREZOR_MEMPERF="$(TREZOR_MEMPERF)" \
diff --git a/core/SConscript.firmware b/core/SConscript.firmware
index e95922f45a..902ea3285e 100644
--- a/core/SConscript.firmware
+++ b/core/SConscript.firmware
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ HW_REVISION = ARGUMENTS.get('HW_REVISION', None)
 THP = ARGUMENTS.get('THP', '0') == '1' # Trezor-Host Protocol
 MODEL_IDENTIFIER = models.get_model_identifier(TREZOR_MODEL)
 BENCHMARK = ARGUMENTS.get('BENCHMARK', '0') == '1'
+DISABLE_ANIMATION = ARGUMENTS.get('TREZOR_DISABLE_ANIMATION', '0') == '1'
 
 if BENCHMARK and PYOPT != '0':
   print("BENCHMARK=1 works only with PYOPT=0.")
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ CPPDEFINES_MOD += [
     ('USE_CARDANO', '1' if EVERYTHING else '0'),
     ('USE_NEM', '1' if (EVERYTHING and TREZOR_MODEL == "T") else '0'),
     ('USE_EOS', '1' if (EVERYTHING and TREZOR_MODEL == "T") else '0'),
+    ('DISABLE_ANIMATION', '1' if DISABLE_ANIMATION else '0'),
 ]
 SOURCE_MOD += [
     'embed/upymod/trezorobj.c',
diff --git a/core/embed/upymod/modtrezorutils/modtrezorutils.c b/core/embed/upymod/modtrezorutils/modtrezorutils.c
index e60bd425dc..9b79c7a392 100644
--- a/core/embed/upymod/modtrezorutils/modtrezorutils.c
+++ b/core/embed/upymod/modtrezorutils/modtrezorutils.c
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ STATIC mp_obj_tuple_t mod_trezorutils_version_obj = {
 /// """UI layout identifier ("tt" for model T, "tr" for models One and R)."""
 /// USE_THP: bool
 /// """Whether the firmware supports Trezor-Host Protocol (version 2)."""
+/// if __debug__:
+///     DISABLE_ANIMATION: bool
+///     """Whether the firmware should disable animations."""
 
 STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t mp_module_trezorutils_globals_table[] = {
     {MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_trezorutils)},
@@ -502,6 +505,13 @@ STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t mp_module_trezorutils_globals_table[] = {
 #else
 #error Unknown layout
 #endif
+#if !PYOPT
+#if DISABLE_ANIMATION
+    {MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_DISABLE_ANIMATION), mp_const_true},
+#else
+    {MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_DISABLE_ANIMATION), mp_const_false},
+#endif // TREZOR_DISABLE_ANIMATION
+#endif // PYOPT
 };
 
 STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(mp_module_trezorutils_globals,
diff --git a/core/mocks/generated/trezorutils.pyi b/core/mocks/generated/trezorutils.pyi
index c8b55c2b9b..d97c2526e3 100644
--- a/core/mocks/generated/trezorutils.pyi
+++ b/core/mocks/generated/trezorutils.pyi
@@ -152,3 +152,6 @@ UI_LAYOUT: str
 """UI layout identifier ("tt" for model T, "tr" for models One and R)."""
 USE_THP: bool
 """Whether the firmware supports Trezor-Host Protocol (version 2)."""
+if __debug__:
+    DISABLE_ANIMATION: bool
+    """Whether the firmware should disable animations."""
diff --git a/core/src/trezor/ui/__init__.py b/core/src/trezor/ui/__init__.py
index a0ad35a338..115815c8a8 100644
--- a/core/src/trezor/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/core/src/trezor/ui/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else:
 
 
 if __debug__:
-    trezorui2.disable_animation(bool(utils.DISABLE_ANIMATION))
+    trezorui2.disable_animation(utils.DISABLE_ANIMATION)
 
 
 # all rendering is done through a singleton of `Display`
diff --git a/core/src/trezor/utils.py b/core/src/trezor/utils.py
index 7021759ba9..2f38aa9438 100644
--- a/core/src/trezor/utils.py
+++ b/core/src/trezor/utils.py
@@ -33,17 +33,20 @@ from trezorutils import (  # noqa: F401
 )
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-DISABLE_ANIMATION = 0
-
 if __debug__:
     if EMULATOR:
         import uos
 
-        DISABLE_ANIMATION = int(uos.getenv("TREZOR_DISABLE_ANIMATION") or "0")
-        LOG_MEMORY = int(uos.getenv("TREZOR_LOG_MEMORY") or "0")
+        DISABLE_ANIMATION = uos.getenv("TREZOR_DISABLE_ANIMATION") == "1"
+        LOG_MEMORY = uos.getenv("TREZOR_LOG_MEMORY") == "1"
     else:
+        from trezorutils import DISABLE_ANIMATION  # noqa: F401
+
         LOG_MEMORY = 0
 
+else:
+    DISABLE_ANIMATION = False
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Any, Iterator, Protocol, Sequence, TypeVar