diff --git a/etc/Makefile b/etc/Makefile
index b7c82201a513..e68df034bb57 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile
+++ b/etc/Makefile
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ BIN1+=	${.CURDIR}/../usr.bin/mail/misc/mail.rc
 BIN1+=	${.CURDIR}/../gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath/manpath.config
 .endif
 
+.if ${MK_NTP} != "no"
+BIN1+=	ntp.conf
+.endif
+
 .if ${MK_OPENSSH} != "no"
 SSH=	${.CURDIR}/../crypto/openssh/ssh_config \
 	${.CURDIR}/../crypto/openssh/sshd_config \
diff --git a/etc/ntp.conf b/etc/ntp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..942fe463c8ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/ntp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+# Default NTP servers for the FreeBSD operating system.
+#
+# Don't forget to enable ntpd in /etc/rc.conf with:
+# ntpd_enable="YES"
+#
+# The driftfile is by default /var/db/ntpd.drift, check
+# /etc/defaults/rc.conf on how to change the location.
+#
+
+#
+# The following three servers will give you a random set of three
+# NTP servers geographically close to you.
+# See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTP_pool for details.
+#
+# The option `iburst' is used for faster initial synchronisation.
+# The option `maxpoll 9' is used to prevent PLL/FLL flipping on FreeBSD.
+#
+server 0.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
+server 1.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
+server 2.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
+
+#
+# If you want to pick yourself which country's public NTP server
+# you want sync against, comment out the above servers, uncomment
+# the next ones and replace CC with the country's abbrevation.
+# Make sure that the hostnames resolve to a proper IP address!
+#
+# server 0.CC.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
+# server 1.CC.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
+# server 2.CC.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
+
+#
+# Security: Only accept NTP traffic from the following hosts.
+# The following configuration example only accepts traffic from the
+# above defined servers.
+#
+# Please note that this example doesn't work for the servers in
+# the pool.ntp.org domain since they return multiple A records.
+# (This is the reason that by default they are commented out)
+#
+#restrict default ignore
+#restrict 0.pool.ntp.org nomodify nopeer noquery notrap
+#restrict 1.pool.ntp.org nomodify nopeer noquery notrap
+#restrict 2.pool.ntp.org nomodify nopeer noquery notrap
+#restrict 127.0.0.1
+#restrict -6 ::1
+#restrict 127.127.1.0
+
+#
+# If we lose sync against all configured servers, the NTP clients
+# syncing against this server will lose sync too. To overcome this,
+# we will act as a stratum 10 server with our own internal clock
+# so that everybody at least will have the same time as we have.
+#
+server 127.127.1.0
+fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10