diff --git a/rc.local.d/hpet.sh b/rc.local.d/hpet.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0b5b2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rc.local.d/hpet.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo hpet >/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
diff --git a/rc.local.d/sysctl.sh b/rc.local.d/sysctl.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..28813eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rc.local.d/sysctl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+/sbin/sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf