diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/files/sysntpd b/package/utils/busybox/files/sysntpd
index e4a070762f..c4c311c242 100755
--- a/package/utils/busybox/files/sysntpd
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/files/sysntpd
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ get_dhcp_ntp_servers() {
 
 validate_ntp_section() {
 	uci_load_validate system timeserver "$1" "$2" \
-		'server:list(host)' 'enabled:bool:1' 'enable_server:bool:0' 'use_dhcp:bool:1' 'dhcp_interface:list(string)'
+		'dhcp_interface:list(string)' \
+		'enable_server:bool:0' \
+		'enabled:bool:1' \
+		'interface:string' \
+		'server:list(host)' \
+		'use_dhcp:bool:1'
 }
 
 start_ntpd_instance() {
@@ -49,7 +54,10 @@ start_ntpd_instance() {
 
 	procd_open_instance
 	procd_set_param command "$PROG" -n -N
-	[ "$enable_server" = "1" ] && procd_append_param command -l
+	if [ "$enable_server" = "1" ]; then
+		procd_append_param command -l
+		[ -n "$interface" ] && procd_append_param command -I $interface
+	fi
 	[ -x "$HOTPLUG_SCRIPT" ] && procd_append_param command -S "$HOTPLUG_SCRIPT"
 	for peer in $server; do
 		procd_append_param command -p $peer