diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/driver/fb.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/driver/fb.h
index 02454c2ae7..279489df1e 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/driver/fb.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/driver/fb.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct Sculpt::Fb_driver : private Noncopyable
 		});
 
 		start_node(_intel_fb, "pc_intel_fb_drv", [&] {
+			xml.node("heartbeat", [&] { });
 			xml.node("route", [&] {
 				gen_service_node<Platform::Session>(xml, [&] {
 					gen_named_node(xml, "child", "intel_gpu"); });
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/model/child_state.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/model/child_state.h
index abad939971..1628a8c553 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/model/child_state.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/model/child_state.h
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ struct Sculpt::Child_state : Noncopyable
 			if (child.has_sub_node("caps") && child.sub_node("caps").has_attribute("requested"))
 				upgrade("caps", _cap_quota, _attr.max.caps, _warned_once.caps);
 
+			bool const responsive = (child.attribute_value("skipped_heartbeats", 0U) <= 4);
+			if (!responsive) {
+				trigger_restart();
+				result = true;
+			}
+
 			return result;
 		}