diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index a6812eb..c356146 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -966,6 +966,23 @@
 	  Please see Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt for
 	  more information.
 
+config BOOKE_WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+	int "PowerPC Book-E Watchdog Timer Default Timeout"
+	depends on BOOKE_WDT
+	default 38 if FSL_BOOKE
+	range 0 63 if FSL_BOOKE
+	default 3 if !FSL_BOOKE
+	range 0 3 if !FSL_BOOKE
+	help
+	  Select the default watchdog timer period to be used by the PowerPC
+	  Book-E watchdog driver.  A watchdog "event" occurs when the bit
+	  position represented by this number transitions from zero to one.
+
+	  For Freescale Book-E processors, this is a number between 0 and 63.
+	  For other Book-E processors, this is a number between 0 and 3.
+
+	  The value can be overidden by the wdt_period command-line parameter.
+
 # PPC64 Architecture
 
 config WATCHDOG_RTAS