diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/zynq-zc706.dts b/arch/arm/dts/zynq-zc706.dts
index d342306293b42626e310946bb49701ca938ad1b2..a88a83c16650f361d9a2ebcfafe18148c0bfea61 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/zynq-zc706.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/zynq-zc706.dts
@@ -333,3 +333,7 @@
 	pinctrl-names = "default";
 	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_usb0_default>;
 };
+
+&watchdog0 {
+	reset-on-timeout;
+};
diff --git a/configs/zynq_zc706_defconfig b/configs/zynq_zc706_defconfig
index 0d0c8bde0f462b71774f6ef4b03117b557a61219..825a7263d22f71635b18b0c1cde6de6c05f57238 100644
--- a/configs/zynq_zc706_defconfig
+++ b/configs/zynq_zc706_defconfig
@@ -73,3 +73,5 @@ CONFIG_USB_GADGET_PRODUCT_NUM=0x0300
 CONFIG_CI_UDC=y
 CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DOWNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_THOR=y
+CONFIG_WDT=y
+CONFIG_WDT_CDNS=y