diff --git a/board/czechlight/beaglebone/barebox.env/boot/sd b/board/czechlight/beaglebone/barebox.env/boot/sd
index a25f2d8..2aa7912 100644
--- a/board/czechlight/beaglebone/barebox.env/boot/sd
+++ b/board/czechlight/beaglebone/barebox.env/boot/sd
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 # global.bootm.initrd=<path to initrd>
 
 global.linux.bootargs.dyn.root="root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait"
+global.linux.bootargs.base="omap_wdt.early_enable=1"
diff --git a/board/czechlight/beaglebone/barebox.env/config-board b/board/czechlight/beaglebone/barebox.env/config-board
index cd7b26d..042ed45 100644
--- a/board/czechlight/beaglebone/barebox.env/config-board
+++ b/board/czechlight/beaglebone/barebox.env/config-board
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 global.boot.default=sd
-
+global.boot.watchdog_timeout=60