diff --git a/include/configs/ge_bx50v3.h b/include/configs/ge_bx50v3.h
index 92b747b..596b1af 100644
--- a/include/configs/ge_bx50v3.h
+++ b/include/configs/ge_bx50v3.h
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
 #define CONFIG_REVISION_TAG
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(10 * SZ_1M)
 
+#define CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
+#define CONFIG_IMX_WATCHDOG
+#define CONFIG_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_MSECS 6000
+
 #define CONFIG_LAST_STAGE_INIT
 
 #define CONFIG_MXC_GPIO