diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-core-boot.bb b/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-core-boot.bb
index 6487436..2947509 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-core-boot.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-core-boot.bb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ RDEPENDS_task-core-boot = "\
     base-files \
     base-passwd \
     busybox \
+    ${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "rtc", "busybox-hwclock", "", d)} \
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts} \
     ${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "keyboard", "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps}", "", d)} \
     modutils-initscripts \