diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/dev-common.c b/arch/mips/ath79/dev-common.c
index 3cfa10065d68133aa5d8c3430208c649573ea790..3b82e325bebfbe552e07cedb1b30a66ba6eb90be 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/dev-common.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/dev-common.c
@@ -65,3 +65,13 @@ void __init ath79_register_uart(void)
 	ath79_uart_data[0].uartclk = clk_get_rate(clk);
 	platform_device_register(&ath79_uart_device);
 }
+
+static struct platform_device ath79_wdt_device = {
+	.name		= "ath79-wdt",
+	.id		= -1,
+};
+
+void __init ath79_register_wdt(void)
+{
+	platform_device_register(&ath79_wdt_device);
+}
diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/dev-common.h b/arch/mips/ath79/dev-common.h
index 248622cc7cd630bc53916fdf1f6071ec6993bd89..0f514e1affcec4f290fca1f91711d56c209e8474 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/dev-common.h
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/dev-common.h
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 #define _ATH79_DEV_COMMON_H
 
 void ath79_register_uart(void);
+void ath79_register_wdt(void);
 
 #endif /* _ATH79_DEV_COMMON_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c b/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c
index 5e574029870902b350071498ced4664f864837a2..159b42f106b098185b908eae7efc85b245f8bb52 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ static int __init ath79_setup(void)
 {
 	ath79_gpio_init();
 	ath79_register_uart();
+	ath79_register_wdt();
 
 	mips_machine_setup();