--- mythtv-backend.conf.bak	2013-11-16 15:36:34.601596405 +1100
+++ /etc/init/mythtv-backend.conf	2013-11-16 16:07:28.993114049 +1100
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
        /usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping >/dev/null && exit 0
        sleep .5
     done
+    exec /usr/sbin/ntp-wait
 end script
 
 script