diff --git a/hooks/50-timesyncd.conf b/hooks/50-timesyncd.conf
index dff88173..8ee722bd 100644
--- a/hooks/50-timesyncd.conf
+++ b/hooks/50-timesyncd.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+	return
+fi
+if [ ! -x /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd ]; then
+	return
+fi
+
 : ${timesyncd_conf_d:=/run/systemd/timesyncd.conf.d}
 timesyncd_conf="${timesyncd_conf_d}/dhcpcd-$ifname.conf"
 timesyncd_tmp_d="$state_dir/timesyncd"