diff --git a/net/chrony/Makefile b/net/chrony/Makefile
index da37c6f3b5..ccae548a2d 100644
--- a/net/chrony/Makefile
+++ b/net/chrony/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=chrony
 PKG_VERSION:=4.5
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://chrony-project.org/releases/
diff --git a/net/chrony/files/chronyd.init b/net/chrony/files/chronyd.init
index a043224ec5..7fee8a4074 100644
--- a/net/chrony/files/chronyd.init
+++ b/net/chrony/files/chronyd.init
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ INCLUDEFILE=/var/etc/chrony.d/10-uci.conf
 RTCDEVICE=/dev/rtc0
 
 handle_source() {
-	local cfg=$1 sourcetype=$2 disabled hostname minpoll maxpoll iburst nts
+	local cfg=$1 sourcetype=$2 disabled hostname minpoll maxpoll maxsources iburst nts
 
 	config_get_bool disabled "$cfg" disabled 0
 	[ "$disabled" = "1" ] && return
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ handle_source() {
 	[ -z "$hostname" ] && return
 	config_get minpoll "$cfg" minpoll
 	config_get maxpoll "$cfg" maxpoll
+	config_get maxsources "$cfg" maxsources
 	config_get_bool iburst "$cfg" iburst 0
 	config_get_bool nts "$cfg" nts 0
 	echo $(
 		echo $sourcetype $hostname
 		[ -n "$minpoll" ] && echo minpoll $minpoll
 		[ -n "$maxpoll" ] && echo maxpoll $maxpoll
+		[ -n "$maxsources" ] && echo maxsources $maxsources
 		[ "$iburst" = "1" ] && echo iburst
 		[ "$nts" = "1" ] && echo nts
 	)