diff --git a/acct-group/ntp/ntp-0.0.1.ebuild b/acct-group/ntp/ntp-0.0.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..800b4ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acct-group/ntp/ntp-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2021 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="*"
+
+inherit user
+
+# TODO(crbug.com/1026816): this ebuild is just a placeholder (to satisfy Gentoo
+# dependencies) while we wait to implement acct-{group,user} properly.
+pkg_setup() {
+	enewgroup ntp
+}
diff --git a/acct-user/ntp/ntp-0.0.1.ebuild b/acct-user/ntp/ntp-0.0.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a7f98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acct-user/ntp/ntp-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2020 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="*"
+
+inherit user
+
+# TODO(crbug/1026816): this is a placeholder (to satisfy Gentoo
+#  openssh dependencies) while acct-{group,user} are implemented.
+pkg_setup() {
+	enewuser ntp
+}
diff --git a/profiles/base/accounts/group/ntp b/profiles/base/accounts/group/ntp
index 823c659..5a4019c 100644
--- a/profiles/base/accounts/group/ntp
+++ b/profiles/base/accounts/group/ntp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 group:ntp
 gid:203
 users:
-defunct:true
diff --git a/profiles/base/accounts/user/ntp b/profiles/base/accounts/user/ntp
index 7fa6453..bf8f627 100644
--- a/profiles/base/accounts/user/ntp
+++ b/profiles/base/accounts/user/ntp
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
 gecos:network time protocol daemon
 home:/dev/null
 shell:/bin/false
-defunct:true