diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/controller/src/org/apache/cloudstack/secondarystorage/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java b/services/secondary-storage/controller/src/org/apache/cloudstack/secondarystorage/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
index 79c1de13a68..79c6bab1b4b 100644
--- a/services/secondary-storage/controller/src/org/apache/cloudstack/secondarystorage/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/controller/src/org/apache/cloudstack/secondarystorage/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.orchestration.service.NetworkOrchestrationSe
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStore;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStoreManager;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.ZoneScope;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.ConfigKey;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.Configurable;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.dao.ConfigurationDao;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.security.keystore.KeystoreManager;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.ImageStoreDao;
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ import com.cloud.vm.dao.VMInstanceDao;
 // because sooner or later, it will be driven into Running state
 //
 public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements SecondaryStorageVmManager, VirtualMachineGuru, SystemVmLoadScanHandler<Long>,
-        ResourceStateAdapter {
+        ResourceStateAdapter, Configurable {
     private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.class);
 
     private static final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY_SCAN_INTERVAL = 30000; // 30
@@ -257,6 +259,9 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
 
     private final GlobalLock _allocLock = GlobalLock.getInternLock(getAllocLockName());
 
+    static final ConfigKey<String> NTPServerConfig = new ConfigKey<String>(String.class, "ntp.server.list", "Advanced", null,
+            "Comma separated list of NTP servers to configure in Secondary storage VM", false, ConfigKey.Scope.Global, null);
+
     public SecondaryStorageManagerImpl() {
     }
 
@@ -1145,6 +1150,10 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
             buf.append(" vmpassword=").append(_configDao.getValue("system.vm.password"));
         }
 
+        if (NTPServerConfig.value() != null) {
+            buf.append(" ntpserverlist=").append(NTPServerConfig.value().replaceAll("\\s+",""));
+        }
+
         for (NicProfile nic : profile.getNics()) {
             int deviceId = nic.getDeviceId();
             if (nic.getIPv4Address() == null) {
@@ -1490,4 +1499,14 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
         _ssVmAllocators = ssVmAllocators;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getConfigComponentName() {
+        return SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.class.getSimpleName();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ConfigKey<?>[] getConfigKeys() {
+        return new ConfigKey<?>[] {NTPServerConfig};
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index 3675edcb8a6..ac54ebfd1fb 100755
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -1139,6 +1139,27 @@ getPublicIp() {
   echo $public_ip
 }
 
+setup_ntp() {
+    log_it "Setting up NTP"
+    NTP_CONF_FILE="/etc/ntp.conf"
+    if [ -f $NTP_CONF_FILE ]
+    then
+        IFS=',' read -a server_list <<< "$NTP_SERVER_LIST"
+        for (( iterator=${#server_list[@]}-1 ; iterator>=0 ; iterator-- ))
+        do
+            server=$(echo ${server_list[iterator]} | tr -d '\r')
+            PATTERN="server $server"
+            if grep -q "^$PATTERN$" $NTP_CONF_FILE ; then
+                sed -i "/^$PATTERN$/d" $NTP_CONF_FILE
+            fi
+            sed -i "0,/^server/s//$PATTERN\nserver/" $NTP_CONF_FILE
+        done
+        service ntp restart
+    else
+        log_it "NTP configuration file not found"
+    fi
+}
+
 setup_secstorage() {
   log_it "Setting up secondary storage system vm"
   sysctl vm.min_free_kbytes=8192
@@ -1191,6 +1212,7 @@ CORS
   enable_svc cloud-passwd-srvr 0
   enable_svc cloud 1
   rm /etc/logrotate.d/cloud
+  setup_ntp
 }
 
 setup_console_proxy() {
@@ -1513,6 +1535,9 @@ for i in $CMDLINE
       advert_int)
         ADVERT_INT=$VALUE
         ;;
+      ntpserverlist)
+        NTP_SERVER_LIST=$VALUE
+        ;;
     esac
 done
 echo -e "\n\t}\n}" >> ${CHEF_TMP_FILE}