diff --git a/charts/maas/templates/bin/_ntpd.sh.tpl b/charts/maas/templates/bin/_ntpd.sh.tpl
index 7590a47..6188b43 100644
--- a/charts/maas/templates/bin/_ntpd.sh.tpl
+++ b/charts/maas/templates/bin/_ntpd.sh.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# This is a stub ntpd process that will simply do nothing
-
-exit 0
+# This is a stub ntpd process that will do barely enough to satisfy
+# /etc/init.d/ntp stop/start/restart/status
+tail -f /dev/null & echo $! > /var/run/ntpd.pid