diff --git a/configs/mvebu_espressobin-88f3720_defconfig b/configs/mvebu_espressobin-88f3720_defconfig
index 212bc00786..dd586c362b 100644
--- a/configs/mvebu_espressobin-88f3720_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mvebu_espressobin-88f3720_defconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ CONFIG_CMD_MMC=y
 CONFIG_CMD_PCI=y
 CONFIG_CMD_SPI=y
 CONFIG_CMD_USB=y
+CONFIG_CMD_WDT=y
 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT=y
 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE=y
 CONFIG_CMD_TIME=y
@@ -88,4 +89,7 @@ CONFIG_USB_ETHER_ASIX=y
 CONFIG_USB_ETHER_MCS7830=y
 CONFIG_USB_ETHER_RTL8152=y
 CONFIG_USB_ETHER_SMSC95XX=y
+# CONFIG_WATCHDOG_AUTOSTART is not set
+CONFIG_WDT=y
+CONFIG_WDT_ARMADA_37XX=y
 CONFIG_SHA1=y