diff --git a/src/libcalamares/modulesystem/Descriptor.cpp b/src/libcalamares/modulesystem/Descriptor.cpp
index 439c7f48c..ecfd6b898 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/modulesystem/Descriptor.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/modulesystem/Descriptor.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "Descriptor.h"
 
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
+#include "utils/Variant.h"
 
 namespace Calamares
 {
@@ -57,9 +58,21 @@ Descriptor::fromDescriptorData( const QVariantMap& moduleDesc )
 
     {
         bool typeOk = false;
-        Type t = typeNames().find( moduleDesc.value( "type" ).toString(), typeOk );
+        QString typeValue = moduleDesc.value( "type" ).toString();
+        Type t = typeNames().find( typeValue, typeOk );
+        if ( !typeOk )
+        {
+            cWarning() << "Module descriptor contains invalid *type*" << typeValue;
+        }
+
         bool interfaceOk = false;
-        Interface i = interfaceNames().find( moduleDesc.value( "interface" ).toString(), interfaceOk );
+        QString interfaceValue = moduleDesc.value( "interface" ).toString();
+        Interface i = interfaceNames().find( interfaceValue, interfaceOk );
+        if ( !interfaceOk )
+        {
+            cWarning() << "Module descriptor contains invalid *interface*" << interfaceValue;
+        }
+
         d.m_name = moduleDesc.value( "name" ).toString();
         if ( typeOk && interfaceOk && !d.m_name.isEmpty() )
         {
@@ -73,6 +86,26 @@ Descriptor::fromDescriptorData( const QVariantMap& moduleDesc )
         return d;
     }
 
+    d.m_isEmergeny = CalamaresUtils::getBool( moduleDesc, "emergency", false );
+    d.m_hasConfig = !CalamaresUtils::getBool( moduleDesc, "noconfig", false );  // Inverted logic during load
+    d.m_requiredModules = CalamaresUtils::getStringList( moduleDesc, "requiredModules" );
+
+    QStringList consumedKeys { "type", "interface", "name", "emergency", "noconfig", "requiredModules" };
+
+    QStringList superfluousKeys;
+    for ( auto kv = moduleDesc.keyBegin(); kv != moduleDesc.keyEnd(); ++kv )
+    {
+        if ( !consumedKeys.contains( *kv ) )
+        {
+            superfluousKeys << *kv;
+        }
+    }
+    if ( !superfluousKeys.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        cWarning() << "Module descriptor contains extra keys:" << Logger::DebugList( superfluousKeys );
+        d.m_isValid = false;
+    }
+
     return d;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/modulesystem/Descriptor.h b/src/libcalamares/modulesystem/Descriptor.h
index c6fa5e351..b44b53c48 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/modulesystem/Descriptor.h
+++ b/src/libcalamares/modulesystem/Descriptor.h
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ public:
     Type type() const { return m_type; }
     Interface interface() const { return m_interface; }
 
-    bool isEmergency() const { return false; }
-    bool hasConfig() const { return true; }
+    bool isEmergency() const { return m_isEmergeny; }
+    bool hasConfig() const { return m_hasConfig; }
 
     /// @brief The directory where the module.desc lives
     QString directory() const { return m_directory; }
     void setDirectory( const QString& d ) { m_directory = d; }
 
-    QStringList requiredModules() const { return QStringList {}; }
+    const QStringList& requiredModules() const { return m_requiredModules; }
 
     /** @section C++ Modules
      *
@@ -121,9 +121,12 @@ public:
 private:
     QString m_name;
     QString m_directory;
+    QStringList m_requiredModules;
     Type m_type;
     Interface m_interface;
     bool m_isValid = false;
+    bool m_isEmergeny = false;
+    bool m_hasConfig = true;
 };
 
 }  // namespace ModuleSystem