diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend
index 7c698d8ac..256a63c0b 100644
--- a/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.20.2.bbappend
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ SRC_URI += "file://0001-del-baudrates.patch \
             file://suspend \
            "
 
+# Add device handlers to 'mdev' package
 FILES_${PN}-mdev += "${base_libdir}/mdev/adc ${base_libdir}/mdev/mmc ${base_libdir}/mdev/sd ${base_libdir}/mdev/ts"
 
+# hwclock bootscript init parameters
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS_${PN}-hwclock = "start 20 S . stop 20 0 6 ."
+
 do_install_append() {
 	if grep "CONFIG_MDEV=y" ${WORKDIR}/defconfig; then
 		if grep "CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_CONF=y" ${WORKDIR}/defconfig; then
diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-del-core.bb b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-del-core.bb
index 9b1abec24..fdd028523 100644
--- a/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-del-core.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-del-core.bb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
     busybox \
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_passwd_manager} \
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts} \
+    ${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "rtc", "busybox-hwclock", "", d)} \
     ${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "keyboard", "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps}", "", d)} \
     ${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "touchscreen", "tslib tslib-calibrate tslib-tests", "",d)} \
     modutils-initscripts \