diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
index 1eb3ca707afd..6cb9e07ae820 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
@@ -152,5 +152,8 @@ let cfg = config.ec2; in
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.cryptsetup ];
 
     boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems = [ "unionfs-fuse" ];
+    
+    # EC2 has its own NTP server provided by the hypervisor
+    networking.timeServers = [ "169.254.169.123" ];
   };
 }