diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_tz b/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_tz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c94e15f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_tz
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Created by Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
+
+run_hook ()
+{
+ # fix ntp user permission
+ chown ntp /var/lib/ntp
+}
diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_tz b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_tz
index ba0b455a5..027394b79 100644
--- a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_tz
+++ b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_tz
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ build ()
     add_file "/usr/share/archboot/tz/tz" "/usr/bin/tz"
     # fix licenses
     add_file "/usr/share/licenses/ntp/LICENSE"
+
+    add_runscript
 }
 
 help ()