diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/mac_env.sh b/contrib/cirrus/mac_env.sh
index ce9eed793cb..367e6d1c500 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/mac_env.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/mac_env.sh
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ go env
 # The latest version is installed system-wide when instances are created. Make the
 # current version known.
 vfkit --version
+
+# Make the current version of krunkit known.
+krunkit --version
diff --git a/pkg/machine/apple/apple.go b/pkg/machine/apple/apple.go
index 3ca329c8e56..0bd638208eb 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/apple/apple.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/apple/apple.go
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ import (
 	"go.podman.io/common/pkg/strongunits"
 )
 
-const applehvMACAddress = "5a:94:ef:e4:0c:ee"
+const (
+	applehvMACAddress = "5a:94:ef:e4:0c:ee"
+	timeSyncVsockPort = 1234
+)
 
 var (
 	gvProxyWaitBackoff        = 500 * time.Millisecond
@@ -180,6 +183,14 @@ func StartGenericAppleVM(mc *vmconfigs.MachineConfig, cmdBinary string, bootload
 	}
 	vm.Devices = append(vm.Devices, mounts...)
 
+	timesync, err := vfConfig.TimeSyncNew(timeSyncVsockPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	if err := vm.AddDevice(timesync); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
 	// To start the VM, we need to call vfkit
 	cfg, err := config.Default()
 	if err != nil {