diff --git a/roles/base/meta/main.yml b/roles/base/meta/main.yml
index 6ad8fadc5e..afa39decb2 100644
--- a/roles/base/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 dependencies:
+    - { role: ntp }
     - { role: dnf-automatic }
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 675e4d6fb4..9b73742f98 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -300,27 +300,6 @@
 - name: Setup postfix
   include: postfix.yml
 
-- name: install ntp.conf
-  template: src=ntp/ntp.conf.j2 dest=/etc/ntp.conf
-  tags:
-  - ntp
-  - config
-  - base
-
-- name: install ntp step-tickers
-  copy: src=ntp/step-tickers dest=/etc/ntp/step-tickers
-  tags:
-  - ntp
-  - config
-  - base
-
-- name: Start ntpd
-  service: name=ntpd state=running enabled=true
-  tags:
-  - ntp
-  - service
-  - base
-
 #
 # This task installs some common scripts to /usr/local/bin
 # scripts are under roles/base/files/common-scripts
diff --git a/roles/base/files/ntp/step-tickers b/roles/ntp/files/step-tickers
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/base/files/ntp/step-tickers
rename to roles/ntp/files/step-tickers
diff --git a/roles/ntp/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ntp/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..809abc2da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ntp/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+- name: install ntp
+  package: name=ntp state=present
+  tags:
+  - ntp
+  - package
+  - base
+
+- name: install ntp.conf
+  template: src=ntp.conf.j2 dest=/etc/ntp.conf
+  tags:
+  - ntp
+  - config
+  - base
+
+- name: install ntp step-tickers
+  copy: src=step-tickers dest=/etc/ntp/step-tickers
+  tags:
+  - ntp
+  - config
+  - base
+
+- name: Start ntpd
+  service: name=ntpd state=running enabled=true
+  tags:
+  - ntp
+  - service
+  - base
diff --git a/roles/base/templates/ntp/ntp.conf.j2 b/roles/ntp/templates/ntp.conf.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/base/templates/ntp/ntp.conf.j2
rename to roles/ntp/templates/ntp.conf.j2
diff --git a/vars/CentOS.yml b/vars/CentOS.yml
index e32f53a34a..bd4c73c7b3 100644
--- a/vars/CentOS.yml
+++ b/vars/CentOS.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 dist_tag: el{{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}
-base_pkgs_inst: [ 'ntp' ]
+base_pkgs_inst: []
 base_pkgs_erase: ['firstboot-tui','bluez-utils', 'sendmail']
 service_disabled: []
 service_enabled: []
diff --git a/vars/Fedora.yml b/vars/Fedora.yml
index ad1434a50e..c985f44c28 100644
--- a/vars/Fedora.yml
+++ b/vars/Fedora.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 dist_tag: f{{ ansible_distribution_version }}
-base_pkgs_inst: ['iptables-services', 'ntp' ]
+base_pkgs_inst: ['iptables-services' ]
 base_pkgs_erase: ['firewalld', 'PackageKit*', 'sendmail', 'at']
 service_disabled: [ ]
 service_enabled: ['auditd']
diff --git a/vars/RedHat.yml b/vars/RedHat.yml
index e32f53a34a..bd4c73c7b3 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 dist_tag: el{{ ansible_distribution_version[0] }}
-base_pkgs_inst: [ 'ntp' ]
+base_pkgs_inst: []
 base_pkgs_erase: ['firstboot-tui','bluez-utils', 'sendmail']
 service_disabled: []
 service_enabled: []