diff --git a/src/dos/dos_programs.cpp b/src/dos/dos_programs.cpp
index 8c1e3111..2a9e8fcb 100644
--- a/src/dos/dos_programs.cpp
+++ b/src/dos/dos_programs.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 #include "bios_disk.h" 
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "control.h"
+#include "inout.h"
+#include "dma.h"
 
 
 #if defined(OS2)
@@ -590,7 +592,7 @@ public:
 		FILE *usefile_1=NULL;
 		FILE *usefile_2=NULL;
 		Bitu i=0; 
-		Bit32u floppysize;
+		Bit32u floppysize=0;
 		Bit32u rombytesize_1=0;
 		Bit32u rombytesize_2=0;
 		Bit8u drive = 'A';
@@ -825,6 +827,9 @@ public:
 			WriteOut(MSG_Get("PROGRAM_BOOT_BOOT"), drive);
 			for(i=0;i<512;i++) real_writeb(0, 0x7c00 + i, bootarea.rawdata[i]);
 
+			/* create appearance of floppy drive DMA usage (Demon's Forge) */
+			if (!IS_TANDY_ARCH && floppysize!=0) GetDMAChannel(2)->tcount=true;
+
 			/* revector some dos-allocated interrupts */
 			real_writed(0,0x01*4,0xf000ff53);
 			real_writed(0,0x03*4,0xf000ff53);