diff --git a/board/common/rootfs/etc/tmpfiles.d/chrony.conf b/board/common/rootfs/etc/tmpfiles.d/chrony.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27735426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/common/rootfs/etc/tmpfiles.d/chrony.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d  /var/lib/chrony	0755 chrony chrony
diff --git a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/chronyd.conf b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/chronyd.conf
index 859cdea5..618cb9a1 100644
--- a/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/chronyd.conf
+++ b/package/skeleton-init-finit/skeleton/etc/finit.d/available/chronyd.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Requires /etc/chrony.conf to star, see https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/doc/3.4/chrony.conf.html
-service [2345789] env:-/etc/default/chronyd chronyd -n $CHRONY_ARGS -- Chrony NTP v3/v4 daemon
+# Requires /etc/chrony.conf to start, see https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/doc/3.4/chrony.conf.html
+service [2345789] <!> env:-/etc/default/chronyd chronyd -n $CHRONY_ARGS -- Chrony NTP v3/v4 daemon