diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.pkglist
index 925eba83e..7224b8787 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.pkglist
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 openssh-server
 ntp
+ntpdate
 gawk
 nfs-common
 snmpd
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist
index ec88e4935..a2a01bc6e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ openssh-client
 wget
 vim
 ntp
+ntpdate
 rsync
 busybox-static
 gawk
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist
index 818b8f26f..a2b1afbdc 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ openssh-client
 wget
 vim
 ntp
+ntpdate
 rsync
 busybox-static
 gawk
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.x86_64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.x86_64.pkglist
index 818b8f26f..a2b1afbdc 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.x86_64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.x86_64.pkglist
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ openssh-client
 wget
 vim
 ntp
+ntpdate
 rsync
 busybox-static
 gawk