diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/eagle40-03.conf b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/eagle40-03.conf
index bca4a27..9cbdebd 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/eagle40-03.conf
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/eagle40-03.conf
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += " kernel-modules"
 # COREOS_IMAGE_SWUPDATE_EXTRACLASSES += "" --> TBD
 
 # No watchdog available yet
-EFIBOOTGUARD_TIMEOUT ?= "0"
+EFIBOOTGUARD_TIMEOUT ?= "60"
 require conf/machine/include/coreos-generic-features/efi.inc
 require conf/machine/include/coreos-generic-features/partitions.inc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/files/eagle40-03.cfg b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/files/eagle40-03.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d7ab9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/files/eagle40-03.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_F71808E_WDT=y
+CONFIG_WATCHDOG_SYSFS=y