diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix
index e7ea8866d79b..bdc5adb394c2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
 
 with lib;
 
@@ -8,10 +13,8 @@ let
 
   cfg = config.services.ntp;
 
-  stateDir = "/var/lib/ntp";
-
   configFile = pkgs.writeText "ntp.conf" ''
-    driftfile ${stateDir}/ntp.drift
+    driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
 
     restrict default ${toString cfg.restrictDefault}
     restrict -6 default ${toString cfg.restrictDefault}
@@ -25,7 +28,12 @@ let
     ${cfg.extraConfig}
   '';
 
-  ntpFlags = [ "-c" "${configFile}" "-u" "ntp:ntp" ] ++ cfg.extraFlags;
+  ntpFlags = [
+    "-c"
+    "${configFile}"
+    "-u"
+    "ntp:ntp"
+  ] ++ cfg.extraFlags;
 
 in
 
@@ -58,7 +66,14 @@ in
           recommended in section 6.5.1.1.3, answer "No" of
           https://support.ntp.org/Support/AccessRestrictions
         '';
-        default = [ "limited" "kod" "nomodify" "notrap" "noquery" "nopeer" ];
+        default = [
+          "limited"
+          "kod"
+          "nomodify"
+          "notrap"
+          "noquery"
+          "nopeer"
+        ];
       };
 
       restrictSource = mkOption {
@@ -69,7 +84,13 @@ in
           The default flags allow peers to be added by ntpd from configured
           pool(s), but not by other means.
         '';
-        default = [ "limited" "kod" "nomodify" "notrap" "noquery" ];
+        default = [
+          "limited"
+          "kod"
+          "nomodify"
+          "notrap"
+          "noquery"
+        ];
       };
 
       servers = mkOption {
@@ -96,14 +117,13 @@ in
         type = types.listOf types.str;
         description = "Extra flags passed to the ntpd command.";
         example = literalExpression ''[ "--interface=eth0" ]'';
-        default = [];
+        default = [ ];
       };
 
     };
 
   };
 
-
   ###### implementation
 
   config = mkIf config.services.ntp.enable {
@@ -113,34 +133,57 @@ in
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ntp ];
     services.timesyncd.enable = mkForce false;
 
-    systemd.services.systemd-timedated.environment = { SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES = "ntpd.service"; };
+    systemd.services.systemd-timedated.environment = {
+      SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES = "ntpd.service";
+    };
 
-    users.users.ntp =
-      { isSystemUser = true;
-        group = "ntp";
-        description = "NTP daemon user";
-        home = stateDir;
-      };
-    users.groups.ntp = {};
+    users.users.ntp = {
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      group = "ntp";
+      description = "NTP daemon user";
+      home = "/var/lib/ntp";
+    };
+    users.groups.ntp = { };
 
-    systemd.services.ntpd =
-      { description = "NTP Daemon";
+    systemd.services.ntpd = {
+      description = "NTP Daemon";
 
-        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-        wants = [ "time-sync.target" ];
-        before = [ "time-sync.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      wants = [ "time-sync.target" ];
+      before = [ "time-sync.target" ];
 
-        preStart =
-          ''
-            mkdir -m 0755 -p ${stateDir}
-            chown ntp ${stateDir}
-          '';
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = "@${ntp}/bin/ntpd ntpd -g ${builtins.toString ntpFlags}";
+        Type = "forking";
+        StateDirectory = "ntp";
 
-        serviceConfig = {
-          ExecStart = "@${ntp}/bin/ntpd ntpd -g ${builtins.toString ntpFlags}";
-          Type = "forking";
-        };
+        # Hardening options
+        PrivateDevices = true;
+        PrivateIPC = true;
+        PrivateTmp = true;
+        ProtectClock = false;
+        ProtectHome = true;
+
+        ProtectHostname = true;
+        ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+        ProtectKernelModules = true;
+        ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+        ProtectSystem = true;
+
+        RestrictNamespaces = true;
+        RestrictRealtime = true;
+        LockPersonality = true;
+        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+        AmbientCapabilities = [
+          "CAP_SYS_TIME"
+        ];
+
+        ProtectControlGroups = true;
+        ProtectProc = "invisible";
+        ProcSubset = "pid";
+        RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
       };
+    };
 
   };
 
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 0821a2e15ced..5e60805718f6 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ in {
   nsd = handleTest ./nsd.nix {};
   ntfy-sh = handleTest ./ntfy-sh.nix {};
   ntfy-sh-migration = handleTest ./ntfy-sh-migration.nix {};
+  ntpd = handleTest ./ntpd.nix {};
   ntpd-rs = handleTest ./ntpd-rs.nix {};
   nvidia-container-toolkit = runTest ./nvidia-container-toolkit.nix;
   nvmetcfg = handleTest ./nvmetcfg.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/ntpd.nix b/nixos/tests/ntpd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1864044b64d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/ntpd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix (
+  { lib, ... }:
+  {
+    name = "ntpd";
+
+    meta = {
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pyrox0 ];
+    };
+
+    nodes.machine = {
+      services.ntp = {
+        enable = true;
+      };
+    };
+
+    testScript = ''
+      start_all()
+
+      machine.wait_for_unit('ntpd.service')
+      machine.wait_for_console_text('Listen normally on 10 eth*')
+      machine.succeed('systemctl is-active ntpd.service')
+      machine.succeed('ntpq -p')
+    '';
+  }
+)