diff --git a/package/ntp/ntp.mk b/package/ntp/ntp.mk
index b6eb1b1863..e3e53a803f 100644
--- a/package/ntp/ntp.mk
+++ b/package/ntp/ntp.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ NTP_CONF_OPTS = \
 # 0002-ntp-syscalls-fallback.patch
 NTP_AUTORECONF = YES
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP),y)
+NTP_CONF_OPTS += --with-locfile=linux
+else
+NTP_CONF_OPTS += --with-locfile=default
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP),y)
 NTP_CONF_OPTS += --enable-linuxcaps
 NTP_DEPENDENCIES += libcap