diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index 1a2642e704..7229d9d640 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="--libdir=/usr/lib \
                        -Dmachined=false \
                        -Dnetworkd=false \
                        -Dtimedated=false \
-                       -Dtimesyncd=false \
+                       -Dtimesyncd=true \
                        -Dmyhostname=false \
                        -Dfirstboot=false \
                        -Drandomseed=false \