diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9fb90c0779..fa47b068ac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1014,6 +1014,17 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH)$(CONFIG_OF_CONTROL),yy)
 	@echo >&2 "See doc/driver-model/MIGRATION.txt for more info."
 	@echo >&2 "===================================================="
 endif
+endif
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_WATCHDOG)$(CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG),)
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_WDT),y)
+	@echo >&2 "===================== WARNING ======================"
+	@echo >&2 "This board does not use CONFIG_WDT (DM watchdog support)."
+	@echo >&2 "Please update the board to use CONFIG_WDT before the"
+	@echo >&2 "v2019.10 release."
+	@echo >&2 "Failure to update by the deadline may result in board removal."
+	@echo >&2 "See doc/driver-model/MIGRATION.txt for more info."
+	@echo >&2 "===================================================="
+endif
 endif
 	@# Check that this build does not use CONFIG options that we do not
 	@# know about unless they are in Kconfig. All the existing CONFIG