diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 84ab673..bde67a1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/modules])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/hostapd])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/swclock])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/swclocksave])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/swclocksave.gcron])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/nft])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/sshd])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([services/sshd_keygen])
diff --git a/services/Makemodule.am b/services/Makemodule.am
index ac297a6..5ca304c 100644
--- a/services/Makemodule.am
+++ b/services/Makemodule.am
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ init_DATA += services/network services/hostapd services/swclock
 init_DATA += services/swclocksave services/nft services/sigkill
 init_DATA += services/sshd services/sshd_keygen services/consolefont
 
+if GCROND
+init_DATA += services/swclocksave.gcron
+endif
+
 if USYSLOGD
 init_DATA += services/usyslogd
 endif
diff --git a/services/swclocksave.gcron.in b/services/swclocksave.gcron.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24e162b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/swclocksave.gcron.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+interval hourly
+tty truncate @STATEFILESPATH@/swclock
+exec date --utc +%%m%%d%%H%%M%%Y.%%S