diff --git a/target/product/emulator.mk b/target/product/emulator.mk
index cc946ca..0f33f38 100644
--- a/target/product/emulator.mk
+++ b/target/product/emulator.mk
@@ -131,3 +131,9 @@
 PRODUCT_CHARACTERISTICS := emulator
 
 PRODUCT_FULL_TREBLE_OVERRIDE := true
+
+
+#watchdog tiggers reboot because location service is not
+#responding, disble it for now
+PRODUCT_DEFAULT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \
+config.disable_location=true