diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
index 838380b96..c1e20bbb8 100644
--- a/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ COPY packages/diagnostics/diagnostics /usr/bin/
 COPY packages/diagnostics/diagnostics-server /usr/bin/
 COPY packages/diagnostics/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/automount/etc /etc/
-COPY packages/ntp15m/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/binfmt_misc/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/dnsfix/etc /etc/
 COPY packages/hostsettings/etc /etc/
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ RUN \
   rc-update add networking boot && \
   rc-update add acpid default && \
   rc-update add chronyd default && \
-  rc-update add crond default && \
   rc-update add savecache shutdown && \
   rc-update add killprocs shutdown && \
   rc-update add mount-ro shutdown && \
diff --git a/alpine/packages/chronyd/etc/chrony/chrony.conf b/alpine/packages/chronyd/etc/chrony/chrony.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e7da8a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/packages/chronyd/etc/chrony/chrony.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# default config
+
+server pool.ntp.org iburst minpoll 2
+makestep 0.5 -1
+keyfile /etc/chrony/chrony.keys
+driftfile /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift
diff --git a/alpine/packages/chronyd/etc/udhcpc/post-bound/chronyd b/alpine/packages/chronyd/etc/udhcpc/post-bound/chronyd
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3c8f0fe85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/packages/chronyd/etc/udhcpc/post-bound/chronyd
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "x$interface" != "xeth0" ] ; then exit 0 ; fi
+
+if cat /proc/cmdline | grep -q '\bntp=gateway\b' ; then
+    server=$(ip -4 route list type unicast dev eth0 exact 0/0 | awk '/^default/ { print $3 }')
+    server="$server trust"
+else
+    # TODO: consult $router
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+sed -i -e "s/^server [^ ]\+/server $server/g" /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
+
+logger -t udhcpc "Restarting chronyd with server $server"
+service -q chronyd conditionalrestart
diff --git a/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker b/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
index 5bfa2d01b..cc7c2223b 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
+++ b/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 depend()
 {
 	after transfused
-	before chronyd
 }
 
 start()
diff --git a/alpine/packages/ntp15m/etc/periodic/15min/ntp b/alpine/packages/ntp15m/etc/periodic/15min/ntp
deleted file mode 100755
index 0c2d9317d..000000000
--- a/alpine/packages/ntp15m/etc/periodic/15min/ntp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-ntpd -n -q -p pool.ntp.org