diff --git a/board/qca/arm/common/fdt_fixup.c b/board/qca/arm/common/fdt_fixup.c
index 9c43f0acfc..4704b43690 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/common/fdt_fixup.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/common/fdt_fixup.c
@@ -866,6 +866,13 @@ __weak void fdt_fixup_art_format(void *blob)
 	return;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPQ_BT_SUPPORT
+__weak void fdt_fixup_bt_running(void *blob)
+{
+	return;
+}
+#endif
+
 __weak void fdt_fixup_bt_debug(void *blob)
 {
 	return;
@@ -1052,6 +1059,10 @@ int ft_board_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 	if (s) {
 		fdt_fixup_bt_debug(blob);
 	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPQ_BT_SUPPORT
+	fdt_fixup_bt_running(blob);
+#endif
 	/*
 	|| This features fixup compressed_art in
 	|| dts if its 16M profile build.
diff --git a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/bt.h b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/bt.h
index 92af9e27e6..bb54444742 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/bt.h
+++ b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/bt.h
@@ -205,4 +205,5 @@ struct ipc_intent {
 extern int bt_ipc_sendmsg(struct bt_descriptor *btDesc, unsigned char *buf, int len );
 extern void bt_ipc_init(struct bt_descriptor *btDesc);
 extern void bt_ipc_worker(struct bt_descriptor *btDesc);
+extern int bt_running;
 #endif /* _BT_H */
diff --git a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
index db16be1e50..01b4d44498 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ void fdt_fixup_auto_restart(void *blob)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPQ_BT_SUPPORT
+int bt_running;
+
 unsigned char hci_reset[] =
 {0x01, 0x03, 0x0c, 0x00};
 
@@ -659,8 +661,16 @@ int bt_init(void)
 
 	send_bt_hci_cmds(btDesc);
 
+	bt_running = 1;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+void fdt_fixup_bt_running(void *blob)
+{
+	if (bt_running) {
+		parse_fdt_fixup("/soc/bt@7000000%qcom,bt-running%1", blob);
+	}
+}
 #endif
 
 void reset_crashdump(void)