diff --git a/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Kconfig
index f373bd9c8c..b6e2ecb6d4 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/common/block/cse/Kconfig
@@ -379,3 +379,11 @@ config CSE_BPDT_VERSION
 	  This config indicates the BPDT version used by CSE for a given SoC.
 
 endif
+
+config CSE_RESET_CLEAR_EC_AP_IDLE_FLAG
+	bool
+	default y if !SYSTEM_TYPE_LAPTOP
+	help
+	  Select this if the variant is a Chromebox/base. This allows AP to direct EC
+	  to clear AP_IDLE flag before triggering reset to make sure AP can boot up
+	  after reset.
diff --git a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/cse_board_reset.c b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/cse_board_reset.c
index 08db7e2b28..9efc4e61f6 100644
--- a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/cse_board_reset.c
+++ b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/cse_board_reset.c
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ void cse_board_reset(void)
 	int ret;
 	struct cr50_firmware_version version;
 
+	if (CONFIG(CSE_RESET_CLEAR_EC_AP_IDLE_FLAG))
+		google_chromeec_clear_ec_ap_idle();
+
 	if (CONFIG(TPM2) && CONFIG(TPM_GOOGLE_CR50)) {
 		/* Initialize TPM and get the cr50 firmware version. */
 		ret = tlcl_lib_init();