diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/vm-x64.conf b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/vm-x64.conf
index c3d9329..1985384 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/vm-x64.conf
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/machine/vm-x64.conf
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ require include/coreos-generic-machine/vm.inc
 
 SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "ttyS0"
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-x86_64"
+
+# Currently we don't support the watchdog
+EFIBOOTGUARD_TIMEOUT ?= "0"