diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml b/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
index 587df2e..8035c9d 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
   command: /usr/bin/timedatectl set-timezone {{ timezone }}
   tags: timezone
 
+# Apparently some cloud images don't have this installed by default. From what
+# I can see on existing servers, systemd-timesyncd is a standalone package on
+# Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11.
+- name: Install systemd-timesyncd
+  when: (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '==')) or
+        (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_version is version('11', '=='))
+  apt: name=systemd-timesyncd state=present cache_valid_time=3600
+
 - name: Start and enable systemd's NTP client
   when: ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
   systemd: name=systemd-timesyncd state=started enabled=yes