diff --git a/nodepool/elements/infra-package-needs/pkg-map b/nodepool/elements/infra-package-needs/pkg-map
index daaf5a8052..8eabf9a1cf 100644
--- a/nodepool/elements/infra-package-needs/pkg-map
+++ b/nodepool/elements/infra-package-needs/pkg-map
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 {
+  "release": {
+    "centos": {
+      "8": {
+        "python-dev": "",
+        "ntp": "chrony",
+        "ntpdate": ""
+       }
+    }
+  },
   "distro": {
     "fedora": {
       "python3-dev": "python3-devel",
diff --git a/nodepool/elements/infra-package-needs/post-install.d/80-enable-infra-services b/nodepool/elements/infra-package-needs/post-install.d/80-enable-infra-services
index eb44079f84..76b18749bc 100755
--- a/nodepool/elements/infra-package-needs/post-install.d/80-enable-infra-services
+++ b/nodepool/elements/infra-package-needs/post-install.d/80-enable-infra-services
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ case "$DIB_INIT_SYSTEM" in
     systemd)
         if [[ $DISTRO_NAME = "ubuntu" || $DISTRO_NAME = "debian" ]]; then
             systemctl enable ntp.service
+        elif [[ $DISTRO_NAME == "centos" && $DIB_RELEASE -ge 8 ]]; then
+            systemctl enable chronyd
         else
             systemctl enable ntpd.service
         fi