diff --git a/Vagrantfile.libvirt b/Vagrantfile.libvirt
index 8f6a30b3af0d432db0c9ddc79398017f900942cd..39076c5073a7310c1b195df9c801a4ef559ab955 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile.libvirt
+++ b/Vagrantfile.libvirt
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ sed -i s/10.0.3/172.40.231/g /etc/default/lxc-net
 sed -i s/#LXC_DHCP_CONFILE/LXC_DHCP_CONFILE/g /etc/default/lxc-net
 service lxc-net restart
 
+# enable NTP
+# use network time to make sure we are synchronised
+echo "Disabling timesyncd..."
+timedatectl set-ntp no
+until timedatectl | grep -m 1 "Network time on: no";
+do
+  echo "Waiting for timesyncd to turn off.."
+  sleep 1
+done
+apt-get install ntp
+echo "timesync set to ntpd"
+
+# set timezone to London
+timedatectl set-timezone Europe/London
+
 SCRIPT
 
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|