diff --git a/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S49ntpd b/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S49ntpd
index 17ba4c71..f161689d 100755
--- a/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S49ntpd
+++ b/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S49ntpd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 DAEMON="ntpd"
 PIDFILE="/var/run/$DAEMON.pid"
 
-NTPD_ARGS="-p 0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 3.openwrt.pool.ntp.org"
+NTPD_ARGS=""
 
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
 [ -r "/etc/default/$DAEMON" ] && . "/etc/default/$DAEMON"
diff --git a/general/overlay/etc/ntpd.conf b/general/overlay/etc/ntpd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dde2c3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/general/overlay/etc/ntpd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+server 0.pool.ntp.org iburst
+server 1.pool.ntp.org iburst
+server 2.pool.ntp.org iburst
+server 3.pool.ntp.org iburst