diff --git a/grml_build/Dockerfile b/grml_build/Dockerfile
index 8e232c7..47a852e 100644
--- a/grml_build/Dockerfile
+++ b/grml_build/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ FROM docker.mgm.sipwise.com/sipwise-bookworm:latest
 # is updated with the current date. It will force refresh of all
 # of the base images and things like `apt-get update` won't be using
 # old cached versions when the Dockerfile is built.
-ENV REFRESHED_AT 2022-11-11
+ENV REFRESHED_AT 2022-11-14
 
 # tools for building and testing
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends \
diff --git a/grml_build/package_config/SIPWISE b/grml_build/package_config/SIPWISE
index abbe295..dfdce53 100644
--- a/grml_build/package_config/SIPWISE
+++ b/grml_build/package_config/SIPWISE
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ binutils
 bridge-utils
 bsdmainutils
 buffer
+chrony
 coreutils
 cpio
 cpufrequtils
diff --git a/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh b/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
index e64e49a..ae2bc74 100755
--- a/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
+++ b/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
@@ -725,6 +725,33 @@ display_partition_table() {
   fi
 }
 
+enable_ntp() {
+  echo "Displaying original timedatectl status:"
+  timedatectl status
+
+  if systemctl cat chrony &>/dev/null ; then
+    echo "Ensuring chrony service is running"
+    systemctl start chrony
+
+    echo "Enabling NTP synchronization"
+    timedatectl set-ntp true || true
+  elif systemctl cat ntp &>/dev/null ; then
+    echo "Ensuring ntp service is running"
+    systemctl start ntp
+
+    echo "Enabling NTP synchronization"
+    timedatectl set-ntp true || true
+  else
+    echo "No ntp service identified, skipping NTP synchronization"
+  fi
+
+  echo "Disabling RTC for local time"
+  timedatectl set-local-rtc false
+
+  echo "Displaying new timedatectl status:"
+  timedatectl status
+}
+
 lvm_setup() {
   local saved_options
   saved_options="$(set +o)"
@@ -1879,6 +1906,9 @@ fi
 service ssh start >/dev/null &
 echo "root:sipwise" | chpasswd
 
+# date/time settings, so live system has proper date set
+enable_ntp
+
 ## partition disk
 set_deploy_status "disksetup"