diff --git a/comps-f16.xml.in b/comps-f16.xml.in
index 4fbf7be6..d17ea163 100644
--- a/comps-f16.xml.in
+++ b/comps-f16.xml.in
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">tmpwatch</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">traceroute</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="conditional" requires="aspell">aspell-en</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="conditional" requires="system-config-date">chrony</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="conditional" requires="hunspell">hunspell-en</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">acpid</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">bash-completion</packagereq>
diff --git a/comps-f17.xml.in b/comps-f17.xml.in
index 4fbf7be6..d17ea163 100644
--- a/comps-f17.xml.in
+++ b/comps-f17.xml.in
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">tmpwatch</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">traceroute</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="conditional" requires="aspell">aspell-en</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="conditional" requires="system-config-date">chrony</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="conditional" requires="hunspell">hunspell-en</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">acpid</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">bash-completion</packagereq>