diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index 214e6e8e39b494a..d6de79624902756 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         --replace /usr/lib/systemd/catalog/ $out/lib/systemd/catalog/
 
       rm src/journal/audit_type-to-name.h src/udev/keyboard-keys-from-name.gperf
+
+      configureFlagsArray+=("--with-ntp-servers=0.nixos.pool.ntp.org 1.nixos.pool.ntp.org 2.nixos.pool.ntp.org 3.nixos.pool.ntp.org")
     '';
 
   PYTHON_BINARY = "${coreutils}/bin/env python"; # don't want a build time dependency on Python