diff --git a/package/chrony/50-chrony.list b/package/chrony/50-chrony.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b9cca00bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/chrony/50-chrony.list
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+chrony.service
diff --git a/package/chrony/chrony.mk b/package/chrony/chrony.mk
index a42042744f..1fddaa3b6c 100644
--- a/package/chrony/chrony.mk
+++ b/package/chrony/chrony.mk
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ endef
 define CHRONY_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/chrony/chrony.service \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/system/chrony.service
+	# advertise chrony.service to systemd-timedated
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 $(CHRONY_PKGDIR)/50-chrony.list \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/systemd/ntp-units.d/50-chrony.list
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))