diff --git a/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/doc/index.rst b/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/doc/index.rst
index 9586e8d757c..51506a78b29 100644
--- a/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/doc/index.rst
+++ b/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/doc/index.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ features:
 +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
 | CTIMER    | on-chip    | counter                             |
 +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
+| WDT       | on-chip    | watchdog                            |
++-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
 
 The default configuration can be found in the defconfig file:
 
diff --git a/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/mimxrt595_evk_cm33.dts b/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/mimxrt595_evk_cm33.dts
index 8a3ba488b31..5831b462f73 100644
--- a/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/mimxrt595_evk_cm33.dts
+++ b/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/mimxrt595_evk_cm33.dts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 		led1 = &blue_led;
 		led2 = &red_led;
 		usart-0 = &flexcomm0;
+		watchdog0 = &wwdt0;
 	};
 
 	chosen {
@@ -220,6 +221,10 @@ arduino_serial: &flexcomm12 {
 	status = "okay";
 };
 
+&wwdt0 {
+	status = "okay";
+};
+
 &flexspi {
 	mx25um51345g: mx25um51345g@2 {
 		compatible = "nxp,imx-flexspi-mx25um51345g";
diff --git a/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/mimxrt595_evk_cm33.yaml b/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/mimxrt595_evk_cm33.yaml
index 38781582510..6bd71c8e87a 100644
--- a/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/mimxrt595_evk_cm33.yaml
+++ b/boards/arm/mimxrt595_evk/mimxrt595_evk_cm33.yaml
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ supported:
   - gpio
   - i2c
   - spi
+  - watchdog
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_mcux_wwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_mcux_wwdt.c
index 754e4f36458..779732e9d84 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_mcux_wwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_mcux_wwdt.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int mcux_wwdt_install_timeout(const struct device *dev,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_MIMXRT685S_CM33)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_MIMXRT685S_CM33) || defined(CONFIG_SOC_MIMXRT595S_CM33)
 	clock_freq = CLOCK_GetWdtClkFreq(0);
 #else
 	const struct mcux_wwdt_config *config = dev->config;
diff --git a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt5xx/Kconfig.defconfig.mimxrt595_cm33 b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt5xx/Kconfig.defconfig.mimxrt595_cm33
index 5e11eef31cf..83fd8f0f4bc 100644
--- a/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt5xx/Kconfig.defconfig.mimxrt595_cm33
+++ b/soc/arm/nxp_imx/rt5xx/Kconfig.defconfig.mimxrt595_cm33
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ config COUNTER_MCUX_CTIMER
 	default y
 	depends on COUNTER
 
+config WDT_MCUX_WWDT
+	default y
+	depends on WATCHDOG
+
 if MCUX_OS_TIMER
 
 config SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC
diff --git a/tests/drivers/watchdog/wdt_basic_api/testcase.yaml b/tests/drivers/watchdog/wdt_basic_api/testcase.yaml
index 59c93ddb5bb..9f948fd2297 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/watchdog/wdt_basic_api/testcase.yaml
+++ b/tests/drivers/watchdog/wdt_basic_api/testcase.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ common:
 tests:
   drivers.watchdog:
     filter: not (CONFIG_WDT_SAM or dt_compat_enabled("st,stm32-window-watchdog") or dt_compat_enabled("st,stm32-watchdog"))
-    platform_exclude: mec15xxevb_assy6853 mimxrt685_evk_cm33
+    platform_exclude: mec15xxevb_assy6853 mimxrt685_evk_cm33 mimxrt595_evk_cm33
   drivers.watchdog.stm32wwdg:
     filter: dt_compat_enabled("st,stm32-window-watchdog") or dt_compat_enabled("st,stm32-watchdog")
     extra_args: DTC_OVERLAY_FILE="boards/stm32_wwdg.overlay"