diff --git a/evolinux-base/defaults/main.yml b/evolinux-base/defaults/main.yml
index f58ab6e5..ae012b8b 100644
--- a/evolinux-base/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/evolinux-base/defaults/main.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ evolinux_packages_hardware: True
 evolinux_packages_common: True
 evolinux_packages_stretch: True
 evolinux_packages_serveur_base: True
+evolinux_packages_purge_openntpd: True
 evolinux_packages_invalid_mta: True
 evolinux_packages_delete_nfs: True
 evolinux_packages_listchanges: True
diff --git a/evolinux-base/tasks/packages.yml b/evolinux-base/tasks/packages.yml
index 36381a2a..9ef40229 100644
--- a/evolinux-base/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/evolinux-base/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@
     allow_unauthenticated: yes
   when: evolinux_packages_serveur_base
 
+- name: Be sure that openntpd package is absent/purged
+  apt:
+    name: openntpd
+    state: absent
+    purge: yes
+  when: evolinux_packages_purge_openntpd
+
 - name: Install/Update packages for Stretch and later
   apt:
     name: "{{ item }}"