diff --git a/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c b/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c
index 13f1bf23a6..f58c85aa8c 100644
--- a/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c
+++ b/hw/arm/fsl-imx6.c
@@ -433,11 +433,20 @@ static void fsl_imx6_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
             FSL_IMX6_WDOG1_ADDR,
             FSL_IMX6_WDOG2_ADDR,
         };
+        static const int FSL_IMX6_WDOGn_IRQ[FSL_IMX6_NUM_WDTS] = {
+            FSL_IMX6_WDOG1_IRQ,
+            FSL_IMX6_WDOG2_IRQ,
+        };
 
+        object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->wdt[i]), true, "pretimeout-support",
+                                 &error_abort);
         object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->wdt[i]), true, "realized",
                                  &error_abort);
 
         sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->wdt[i]), 0, FSL_IMX6_WDOGn_ADDR[i]);
+        sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->wdt[i]), 0,
+                           qdev_get_gpio_in(DEVICE(&s->a9mpcore),
+                                            FSL_IMX6_WDOGn_IRQ[i]));
     }
 
     /* ROM memory */