diff --git a/examples/utility/ArduinoIoTCloud_Travis_CI/thingProperties.h b/examples/utility/ArduinoIoTCloud_Travis_CI/thingProperties.h
index 02ce29c2f..c0dded7a5 100644
--- a/examples/utility/ArduinoIoTCloud_Travis_CI/thingProperties.h
+++ b/examples/utility/ArduinoIoTCloud_Travis_CI/thingProperties.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ String str_property_6;
 String str_property_7;
 String str_property_8;
 
-
 #if defined(BOARD_HAS_WIFI)
   WiFiConnectionHandler ArduinoIoTPreferredConnection(SECRET_SSID, SECRET_PASS);
 #elif defined(BOARD_HAS_GSM)
diff --git a/src/AIoTC_Config.h b/src/AIoTC_Config.h
index 7fd515395..2515575c9 100644
--- a/src/AIoTC_Config.h
+++ b/src/AIoTC_Config.h
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
   #define OTA_STORAGE_SFU         (0)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef NTP_USE_RANDOM_PORT
+  #define NTP_USE_RANDOM_PORT     (1)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef DBG_ERROR
   #define DBG_ERROR(fmt, ...) Debug.print(DBG_ERROR, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/utility/time/NTPUtils.cpp b/src/utility/time/NTPUtils.cpp
index 76d6862d7..9ce276c8c 100644
--- a/src/utility/time/NTPUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/utility/time/NTPUtils.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 #include "NTPUtils.h"
 
 #include <Arduino.h>
+#ifdef BOARD_HAS_ECCX08
+  #include <ArduinoECCX08.h>
+#endif
 
 /**************************************************************************************
  * PUBLIC MEMBER FUNCTIONS
@@ -32,8 +35,12 @@
 
 unsigned long NTPUtils::getTime(UDP & udp)
 {
+#ifdef NTP_USE_RANDOM_PORT
+  udp.begin(NTPUtils::getRandomPort(MIN_NTP_PORT, MAX_NTP_PORT));
+#else
   udp.begin(NTP_LOCAL_PORT);
-  
+#endif
+
   sendNTPpacket(udp);
 
   bool is_timeout = false;
@@ -83,4 +90,14 @@ void NTPUtils::sendNTPpacket(UDP & udp)
   udp.endPacket();
 }
 
+int NTPUtils::getRandomPort(int const min_port, int const max_port)
+{
+#ifdef BOARD_HAS_ECCX08
+  return ECCX08.random(min_port, max_port);
+#else
+  randomSeed(analogRead(0));
+  return random(min_port, max_port);
+#endif
+}
+
 #endif /* #ifndef HAS_LORA */
diff --git a/src/utility/time/NTPUtils.h b/src/utility/time/NTPUtils.h
index 0162078a5..91cec89af 100644
--- a/src/utility/time/NTPUtils.h
+++ b/src/utility/time/NTPUtils.h
@@ -42,17 +42,21 @@ class NTPUtils
 public:
 
   static unsigned long getTime(UDP & udp);
+  static int getRandomPort(int const min_port, int const max_port);
 
 private:
 
   static size_t        const NTP_PACKET_SIZE      = 48;
   static int           const NTP_TIME_SERVER_PORT = 123;
   static int           const NTP_LOCAL_PORT       = 8888;
+#if NTP_USE_RANDOM_PORT
+  static int           const MIN_NTP_PORT         = 49152;
+  static int           const MAX_NTP_PORT         = 65535;
+#endif
   static unsigned long const NTP_TIMEOUT_MS       = 1000;
   static char constexpr *    NTP_TIME_SERVER      = "time.arduino.cc";
 
   static void sendNTPpacket(UDP & udp);
-
 };
 
 #endif /* #ifndef HAS_LORA */