diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
index 62dc839245..f5d7c3f9c8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "${PN}-httpd ${PN}-syslog
${PN}-udhcpd ${PN}-mdev ${PN}-hw

 INITSCRIPT_NAME:${PN}-httpd = "busybox-httpd"
 INITSCRIPT_NAME:${PN}-hwclock = "hwclock.sh"
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS:${PN}-hwclock = "start 40 S . stop 20 0 1 6 ."
 INITSCRIPT_NAME:${PN}-mdev = "mdev"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS:${PN}-mdev = "start 04 S ."