diff --git a/hw/arm/fsl-imx7.c b/hw/arm/fsl-imx7.c
index cc6fdb9373..146bb559bb 100644
--- a/hw/arm/fsl-imx7.c
+++ b/hw/arm/fsl-imx7.c
@@ -219,9 +219,19 @@ static void fsl_imx7_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
             FSL_IMX7_GPT4_ADDR,
         };
 
+        static const int FSL_IMX7_GPTn_IRQ[FSL_IMX7_NUM_GPTS] = {
+            FSL_IMX7_GPT1_IRQ,
+            FSL_IMX7_GPT2_IRQ,
+            FSL_IMX7_GPT3_IRQ,
+            FSL_IMX7_GPT4_IRQ,
+        };
+
         s->gpt[i].ccm = IMX_CCM(&s->ccm);
         sysbus_realize(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->gpt[i]), &error_abort);
         sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->gpt[i]), 0, FSL_IMX7_GPTn_ADDR[i]);
+        sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->gpt[i]), 0,
+                           qdev_get_gpio_in(DEVICE(&s->a7mpcore),
+                                            FSL_IMX7_GPTn_IRQ[i]));
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < FSL_IMX7_NUM_GPIOS; i++) {
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/fsl-imx7.h b/include/hw/arm/fsl-imx7.h
index 1c5fa6fd67..50f19d8db0 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/fsl-imx7.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/fsl-imx7.h
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ enum FslIMX7IRQs {
     FSL_IMX7_USB2_IRQ     = 42,
     FSL_IMX7_USB3_IRQ     = 40,
 
+    FSL_IMX7_GPT1_IRQ     = 55,
+    FSL_IMX7_GPT2_IRQ     = 54,
+    FSL_IMX7_GPT3_IRQ     = 53,
+    FSL_IMX7_GPT4_IRQ     = 52,
+
     FSL_IMX7_WDOG1_IRQ    = 78,
     FSL_IMX7_WDOG2_IRQ    = 79,
     FSL_IMX7_WDOG3_IRQ    = 10,