diff --git a/templates/util-linux-ng/template b/templates/util-linux-ng/template
index f1cbc98d0b..4ee135a83c 100644
--- a/templates/util-linux-ng/template
+++ b/templates/util-linux-ng/template
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ Add_dependency run	coreutils
 Add_dependency run	ncurses-libs
 Add_dependency run	zlib
 
+post_configure()
+{
+	cd $wrksrc
+	sed -e 's@etc/adjtime@var/lib/hwclock/adjtime@g'
+		-i $(grep -rl '/etc/adjtime' .)
+}
+
 post_install()
 {
 	local destdir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version
@@ -28,4 +35,5 @@ post_install()
 	# Move logger to /bin.
 	install -d -m 755 ${destdir}/bin
 	mv ${destdir}/usr/bin/logger ${destdir}/bin
+	mkdir -p ${destdir}/var/lib/hwclock
 }