diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx7ulp_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/imx7ulp_wdt.c
index c703586c6e5f..b21d7a74a42d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/imx7ulp_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx7ulp_wdt.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define LPO_CLK_SHIFT		8
 #define WDOG_CS_CLK		(LPO_CLK << LPO_CLK_SHIFT)
 #define WDOG_CS_EN		BIT(7)
+#define WDOG_CS_INT_EN		BIT(6)
 #define WDOG_CS_UPDATE		BIT(5)
 #define WDOG_CS_WAIT		BIT(1)
 #define WDOG_CS_STOP		BIT(0)
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ struct imx7ulp_wdt_device {
 	void __iomem *base;
 	struct clk *clk;
 	bool post_rcs_wait;
+	bool ext_reset;
 	const struct imx_wdt_hw_feature *hw;
 };
 
@@ -285,6 +287,9 @@ static int imx7ulp_wdt_init(struct imx7ulp_wdt_device *wdt, unsigned int timeout
 	if (wdt->hw->prescaler_enable)
 		val |= WDOG_CS_PRES;
 
+	if (wdt->ext_reset)
+		val |= WDOG_CS_INT_EN;
+
 	do {
 		ret = _imx7ulp_wdt_init(wdt, timeout, val);
 		toval = readl(wdt->base + WDOG_TOVAL);
@@ -321,6 +326,9 @@ static int imx7ulp_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(imx7ulp_wdt->clk);
 	}
 
+	/* The WDOG may need to do external reset through dedicated pin */
+	imx7ulp_wdt->ext_reset = of_property_read_bool(dev->of_node, "fsl,ext-reset-output");
+
 	imx7ulp_wdt->post_rcs_wait = true;
 	if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node,
 				    "fsl,imx8ulp-wdt")) {