diff --git a/release/tools/ec2.conf b/release/tools/ec2.conf
index e712395da481..8cfb3da97d85 100644
--- a/release/tools/ec2.conf
+++ b/release/tools/ec2.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 export VM_EXTRA_PACKAGES="ec2-scripts firstboot-freebsd-update firstboot-pkgs dual-dhclient amazon-ssm-agent"
 
 # Set to a list of third-party software to enable in rc.conf(5).
-export VM_RC_LIST="ec2_configinit ec2_fetchkey ec2_ephemeralswap ec2_loghostkey firstboot_freebsd_update firstboot_pkgs"
+export VM_RC_LIST="ec2_configinit ec2_fetchkey ec2_ephemeralswap ec2_loghostkey firstboot_freebsd_update firstboot_pkgs ntpd"
 
 # Build with a 3 GB UFS partition; the growfs rc.d script will expand
 # the partition to fill the root disk after the EC2 instance is launched.
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ vm_extra_pre_umount() {
 		's/^#ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes/ChallengeResponseAuthentication no/' \
 		${DESTDIR}/etc/ssh/sshd_config
 
+	# Use the NTP service provided by Amazon
+	sed -i '' -e 's/^pool/#pool/' \
+		-e 's/^#server.*/server 169.254.169.123 iburst/' \
+		${DESTDIR}/etc/ntp.conf
+
 	# The first time the AMI boots, the installed "first boot" scripts
 	# should be allowed to run:
 	# * ec2_configinit (download and process EC2 user-data)