diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
index a8629a0d4f96c40799f3f5cbb833fd67c4205a2d..5005f74ac0eb7030b14c3c26bde9ae3735ddcc39 100644
--- a/samples/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/Kconfig
@@ -205,5 +205,8 @@ config SAMPLE_INTEL_MEI
 	help
 	  Build a sample program to work with mei device.
 
+config SAMPLE_WATCHDOG
+	bool "watchdog sample"
+	depends on CC_CAN_LINK
 
 endif # SAMPLES
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index 042208326689b0286583de825493b44abb4a2b6c..29c66aadd954af429ce40d4ef608b8e8e7a19a41 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_PCI_SKELETON)	+= v4l/
 obj-y					+= vfio-mdev/
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFS)		+= vfs
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_INTEL_MEI)		+= mei/
+subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_WATCHDOG)	+= watchdog
diff --git a/samples/watchdog/Makefile b/samples/watchdog/Makefile
index a9430fa60253dc1a1ad57957a093046137668be8..17384cfb387e9e72031b101779dffe1c484711cf 100644
--- a/samples/watchdog/Makefile
+++ b/samples/watchdog/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
-PROGS := watchdog-simple
-
-all: $(PROGS)
-
-clean:
-	rm -fr $(PROGS)
-
+userprogs := watchdog-simple
+always-y := $(userprogs)