diff --git a/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/Kconfig
index ad4e9c7208..7d85bbba70 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
 	select MAINBOARD_HAS_LPC_TPM
 	select MAINBOARD_HAS_TPM1
 	select IPMI_KCS
+	select VPD
 
 config VBOOT
 	select VBOOT_VBNV_CMOS
diff --git a/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/ipmi.c b/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/ipmi.c
index 37aacc842e..3f178dc2cc 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/ipmi.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/ipmi.c
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include "ipmi.h"
 
-#define BMC_KCS_BASE 0xca2
-
 int is_ipmi_clear_cmos_set(ipmi_oem_rsp_t *rsp)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/ipmi.h b/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/ipmi.h
index 5863eb5082..04649111c2 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/ipmi.h
+++ b/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/ipmi.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define GET_CMOS_BIT(x) ((x) & (1 << 1))
 #define GET_VALID_BIT(x) ((x) & (1 << 7))
 #define CLEAR_CMOS_AND_VALID_BIT(x) ((x) &= 0x7d)
-
+#define BMC_KCS_BASE 0xca2
 typedef struct {
 	u8 BootMode; /* Bit 1:CMOS clear, bit 7:valid bit. */
 	u8 Boot0000;
diff --git a/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/mainboard.c b/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/mainboard.c
index 010e064c35..dffd19f0f0 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/mainboard.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/ocp/monolake/mainboard.c
@@ -19,7 +19,46 @@
 #include <cf9_reset.h>
 #include <smbios.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <drivers/vpd/vpd.h>
+#include <console/console.h>
+#include <drivers/ipmi/ipmi_ops.h>
 #include "ipmi.h"
+/* VPD variable for enabling/disabling FRB2 timer. */
+#define FRB2_TIMER "FRB2_TIMER"
+/* VPD variable for setting FRB2 timer countdown value. */
+#define FRB2_COUNTDOWN "FRB2_COUNTDOWN"
+#define VPD_LEN 10
+/* Default countdown is 15 minutes. */
+#define DEFAULT_COUNTDOWN 9000
+
+static void init_frb2_wdt(void)
+{
+
+	char val[VPD_LEN];
+	/* Enable FRB2 timer by default. */
+	u8 enable = 1;
+	uint16_t countdown;
+
+	if (vpd_get_bool(FRB2_TIMER, VPD_RW, &enable)) {
+		if (!enable) {
+			printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Disable FRB2 timer\n");
+			ipmi_stop_bmc_wdt(BMC_KCS_BASE);
+		}
+	}
+	if (enable) {
+		if (vpd_gets(FRB2_COUNTDOWN, val, VPD_LEN, VPD_RW)) {
+			countdown = (uint16_t)atol(val);
+			printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "FRB2 timer countdown set to: %d\n",
+				countdown);
+		} else {
+			printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "FRB2 timer use default value: %d\n",
+				DEFAULT_COUNTDOWN);
+			countdown = DEFAULT_COUNTDOWN;
+		}
+		ipmi_init_and_start_bmc_wdt(BMC_KCS_BASE, countdown,
+			TIMEOUT_HARD_RESET);
+	}
+}
 
 /*
  * mainboard_enable is executed as first thing after enumerate_buses().
@@ -29,6 +68,7 @@ static void mainboard_enable(struct device *dev)
 {
 	ipmi_oem_rsp_t rsp;
 
+	init_frb2_wdt();
 	if (is_ipmi_clear_cmos_set(&rsp)) {
 		/* TODO: Should also try to restore CMOS to cmos.default
 		 * if USE_OPTION_TABLE is set */