diff --git a/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk
index 36a6fadda2..64ccccc2bf 100644
--- a/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/nrf/boards/simmel/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ CIRCUITPY_ROTARYIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_RTC = 1
 CIRCUITPY_TOUCHIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_ULAB = 0
+CIRCUITPY_WDT = 1
 
 # Enable micropython.native
 #CIRCUITPY_ENABLE_MPY_NATIVE = 1