diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 4f0e7be..30d38ae 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -1565,6 +1565,17 @@
 	  machines.  The watchdog timeout period is normally one minute but
 	  can be changed with a boot-time parameter.
 
+config WATCHDOG_SUN4V
+	tristate "Sun4v Watchdog support"
+	select WATCHDOG_CORE
+	depends on SPARC64
+	help
+	  Say Y here to support the hypervisor watchdog capability embedded
+	  in the SPARC sun4v architecture.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will
+	  be called sun4v_wdt.
+
 # XTENSA Architecture
 
 # Xen Architecture
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
index f566753..f6a6a38 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_RIO)		+= riowd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_CP1XXX)		+= cpwd.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_SUN4V)		+= sun4v_wdt.o
 
 # XTENSA Architecture
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sun4v_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sun4v_wdt.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1467fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sun4v_wdt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+/*
+ *	sun4v watchdog timer
+ *	(c) Copyright 2016 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ *	Implement a simple watchdog driver using the built-in sun4v hypervisor
+ *	watchdog support. If time expires, the hypervisor stops or bounces
+ *	the guest domain.
+ *
+ *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/watchdog.h>
+#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
+#include <asm/mdesc.h>
+
+#define WDT_TIMEOUT			60
+#define WDT_MAX_TIMEOUT			31536000
+#define WDT_MIN_TIMEOUT			1
+#define WDT_DEFAULT_RESOLUTION_MS	1000	/* 1 second */
+
+static unsigned int timeout;
+module_param(timeout, uint, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Watchdog timeout in seconds (default="
+	__MODULE_STRING(WDT_TIMEOUT) ")");
+
+static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
+module_param(nowayout, bool, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
+	__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
+
+static int sun4v_wdt_stop(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
+{
+	sun4v_mach_set_watchdog(0, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sun4v_wdt_ping(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
+{
+	int hverr;
+
+	/*
+	 * HV watchdog timer will round up the timeout
+	 * passed in to the nearest multiple of the
+	 * watchdog resolution in milliseconds.
+	 */
+	hverr = sun4v_mach_set_watchdog(wdd->timeout * 1000, NULL);
+	if (hverr == HV_EINVAL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sun4v_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
+				 unsigned int timeout)
+{
+	wdd->timeout = timeout;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct watchdog_info sun4v_wdt_ident = {
+	.options =	WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT |
+			WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE |
+			WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING,
+	.identity =	"sun4v hypervisor watchdog",
+	.firmware_version = 0,
+};
+
+static struct watchdog_ops sun4v_wdt_ops = {
+	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
+	.start =	sun4v_wdt_ping,
+	.stop =		sun4v_wdt_stop,
+	.ping =		sun4v_wdt_ping,
+	.set_timeout =	sun4v_wdt_set_timeout,
+};
+
+static struct watchdog_device wdd = {
+	.info = &sun4v_wdt_ident,
+	.ops = &sun4v_wdt_ops,
+	.min_timeout = WDT_MIN_TIMEOUT,
+	.max_timeout = WDT_MAX_TIMEOUT,
+	.timeout = WDT_TIMEOUT,
+};
+
+static int __init sun4v_wdt_init(void)
+{
+	struct mdesc_handle *handle;
+	u64 node;
+	const u64 *value;
+	int err = 0;
+	unsigned long major = 1, minor = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * There are 2 properties that can be set from the control
+	 * domain for the watchdog.
+	 * watchdog-resolution
+	 * watchdog-max-timeout
+	 *
+	 * We can expect a handle to be returned otherwise something
+	 * serious is wrong. Correct to return -ENODEV here.
+	 */
+
+	handle = mdesc_grab();
+	if (!handle)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	node = mdesc_node_by_name(handle, MDESC_NODE_NULL, "platform");
+	err = -ENODEV;
+	if (node == MDESC_NODE_NULL)
+		goto out_release;
+
+	/*
+	 * This is a safe way to validate if we are on the right
+	 * platform.
+	 */
+	if (sun4v_hvapi_register(HV_GRP_CORE, major, &minor))
+		goto out_hv_unreg;
+
+	/* Allow value of watchdog-resolution up to 1s (default) */
+	value = mdesc_get_property(handle, node, "watchdog-resolution", NULL);
+	err = -EINVAL;
+	if (value) {
+		if (*value == 0 ||
+		    *value > WDT_DEFAULT_RESOLUTION_MS)
+			goto out_hv_unreg;
+	}
+
+	value = mdesc_get_property(handle, node, "watchdog-max-timeout", NULL);
+	if (value) {
+		/*
+		 * If the property value (in ms) is smaller than
+		 * min_timeout, return -EINVAL.
+		 */
+		if (*value < wdd.min_timeout * 1000)
+			goto out_hv_unreg;
+
+		/*
+		 * If the property value is smaller than
+		 * default max_timeout  then set watchdog max_timeout to
+		 * the value of the property in seconds.
+		 */
+		if (*value < wdd.max_timeout * 1000)
+			wdd.max_timeout = *value  / 1000;
+	}
+
+	watchdog_init_timeout(&wdd, timeout, NULL);
+
+	watchdog_set_nowayout(&wdd, nowayout);
+
+	err = watchdog_register_device(&wdd);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_hv_unreg;
+
+	pr_info("initialized (timeout=%ds, nowayout=%d)\n",
+		 wdd.timeout, nowayout);
+
+	mdesc_release(handle);
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_hv_unreg:
+	sun4v_hvapi_unregister(HV_GRP_CORE);
+
+out_release:
+	mdesc_release(handle);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void __exit sun4v_wdt_exit(void)
+{
+	sun4v_hvapi_unregister(HV_GRP_CORE);
+	watchdog_unregister_device(&wdd);
+}
+
+module_init(sun4v_wdt_init);
+module_exit(sun4v_wdt_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Coekaerts <wim.coekaerts@oracle.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("sun4v watchdog driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");