diff --git a/puppet/services/time/ntp.yaml b/puppet/services/time/ntp.yaml
index b14d7bcc0f..71d09a6523 100644
--- a/puppet/services/time/ntp.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/time/ntp.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ parameters:
                  have a sane default for Pacemaker deployments when
                  not configuring this parameter by default.
     type: comma_delimited_list
+  NtpIburstEnable:
+    default: true
+    description: Specifies whether to enable the iburst option for every NTP
+                 peer. If iburst is enabled, when the ntp server is unreachable
+                 ntp will send a burst of eight packages instead of one. This
+                 is designed to speed up the initial syncrhonization.
+    type: boolean
+
 
 outputs:
   role_data:
@@ -35,6 +43,7 @@ outputs:
       service_name: ntp
       config_settings:
         ntp::servers: {get_param: NtpServer}
+        ntp::iburst_enable: {get_param: NtpIburstEnable}
         tripleo.ntp.firewall_rules:
           '105 ntp':
             dport: 123
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/enable-ntp-iburst-efbc24a43a72daae.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/enable-ntp-iburst-efbc24a43a72daae.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07a22d6960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/enable-ntp-iburst-efbc24a43a72daae.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Enable the ntp iburst configuration for each server by default. As some
+    services are very sensitive to time syncronization, this will help speed
+    up the syncronization when servers are unavailable for a time. See
+    LP#1731883