diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 355100dad60a..ec019120effc 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ config WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_PANIC
 	  Panic watchdog pretimeout governor, on watchdog pretimeout
 	  event put the kernel into panic.
 
+config WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_NOTIFIER
+	tristate "Notifier watchdog pretimeout governor"
+	depends on WATCHDOG_CORE
+	default WATCHDOG_CORE
+	help
+	  Notifier watchdog pretimeout governor, on watchdog pretimeout
+	  event call a notifier call chain.
+
 choice
 	prompt "Default Watchdog Pretimeout Governor"
 	default WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV_PANIC
@@ -129,6 +137,14 @@ config WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV_PANIC
 	  a watchdog pretimeout event happens, consider that
 	  a watchdog feeder is dead and reboot is unavoidable.
 
+config WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV_NOTIFIER
+	bool "notifier"
+	depends on WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_NOTIFIER
+	help
+	  Use notifier watchdog pretimeout governor by default,
+	  if a watchdog pretiemout event happens, a notifier
+	  call chain is called.
+
 endchoice
 
 endif # WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
index a7eade8b4d45..cb63f4eb89bf 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ watchdog-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV)	+= watchdog_pretimeout.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_NOOP)	+= pretimeout_noop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_PANIC)	+= pretimeout_panic.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_NOTIFIER)	+= pretimeout_notifier.o
 
 # Only one watchdog can succeed. We probe the ISA/PCI/USB based
 # watchdog-cards first, then the architecture specific watchdog
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_notifier.c b/drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_notifier.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f845c77ec44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_notifier.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Stefan Eichenberger <eichest@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/watchdog.h>
+
+#include "watchdog_pretimeout.h"
+
+BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(watchdog_pretimeout_notifier_list);
+
+/**
+ * register_watchdog_pretimeout_notifier - Register function to be called on pretimeout
+ * @nb: Info about notifier function to be called
+ *
+ * Registers a function with the list of functions to be called when a watchdog pretimeout occurs.
+ *
+ * Currently always returns zero, as blocking_notifier_chain_register()
+ * always returns zero.
+ */
+int register_watchdog_pretimeout_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&watchdog_pretimeout_notifier_list, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_watchdog_pretimeout_notifier);
+
+/**
+ * unregister_watchdog_pretimeout_notifier - Unregister previously registered pretimeout notifier
+ * @nb: Hook to be unregistered
+ *
+ * Unregisters a previously registered watchdog pretimeout notifier function.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, or %-ENOENT on failure.
+ */
+int unregister_watchdog_pretimeout_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&watchdog_pretimeout_notifier_list, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_watchdog_pretimeout_notifier);
+
+/**
+ * pretimeout_notifier - Notify registred methods on pretimeout
+ * @wdd - watchdog_device
+ *
+ * Notify, watchdog has not been fed till pretimeout event.
+ */
+static void pretimeout_notifier(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
+{
+	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&watchdog_pretimeout_notifier_list, 0, wdd);
+}
+
+static struct watchdog_governor watchdog_gov_notifier = {
+	.name		= "notifier",
+	.pretimeout	= pretimeout_notifier,
+};
+
+static int __init watchdog_gov_notifier_register(void)
+{
+	return watchdog_register_governor(&watchdog_gov_notifier);
+}
+
+static void __exit watchdog_gov_notifier_unregister(void)
+{
+	watchdog_unregister_governor(&watchdog_gov_notifier);
+}
+module_init(watchdog_gov_notifier_register);
+module_exit(watchdog_gov_notifier_unregister);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefan Eichenberger <eichest@gmail.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Notifier watchdog pretimeout governor");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.h b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.h
index a3f1abc68839..bb00ca1fcadd 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.h
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ int watchdog_pretimeout_governor_set(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
 #define WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV		"noop"
 #elif IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV_PANIC)
 #define WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV		"panic"
+#elif IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV_NOTIFIER)
+#define WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV		"notifier"
 #endif
 
 #else
diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index 9b19e6bb68b5..760beab1007f 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -215,4 +215,9 @@ int watchdog_set_last_hw_keepalive(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int);
 /* devres register variant */
 int devm_watchdog_register_device(struct device *dev, struct watchdog_device *);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_NOTIFIER)
+int register_watchdog_pretimeout_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
+int unregister_watchdog_pretimeout_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
+#endif
+
 #endif  /* ifndef _LINUX_WATCHDOG_H */
