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
diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.6.bbappend b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.6.bbappend
index c33bb73..5781cb8 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.6.bbappend
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_6.6.bbappend
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ KMACHINE:eagle40-03 ?= "common-pc-64"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:eagle40-03 = "eagle40-03"
 
 require ${@bb.utils.contains("COMBINED_FEATURES", "efi", "linux-yocto-coreos-efi.inc", "", d)}
+
+SRC_URI += " file://eagle40-03.cfg"
diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-conf/system.conf-watchdog b/layers/meta-belden-coreos/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-conf/system.conf-watchdog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c21afeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos/recipes-core/systemd/systemd-conf/system.conf-watchdog
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Manager]
+RuntimeWatchdogSec=5
diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/layers/meta-belden-coreos/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
index 18d1afc..acdad6e 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/systemd-conf:"
+
+SRC_URI += " file://system.conf-watchdog"
+
 do_install:append(){
 	# the creation date/time of this file will be used as initial boot time.
 	# Creation time will be set to REPRODUCIBLE_TIMESTAMP_ROOTFS
 	# More info about the date/time handling here:
 	# https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-timesyncd.service.html
 	touch ${D}/${base_libdir}/clock-epoch
+	install -D -m0644 ${WORKDIR}/system.conf-watchdog ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system.conf.d/01-${PN}-watchdog.conf
 }
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${base_libdir}/clock-epoch"