diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/watchdog.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/watchdog.cfg
index 3601c07a66a4016d49167e68299648cda87f14a4..b71b84653d13e59711264d7bcd164e87e2709a89 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/watchdog.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/watchdog.cfg
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     enable_watchdog = yes
     start_vm = no
     type = watchdog
+    aarch64:
+        watchdog_type_check = " -M virt -watchdog '?'"
     variants:
         -i6300esb:
             no RHEL.4