diff -urN chrony-3.5.1.org/conf.c chrony-3.5.1/conf.c
--- chrony-3.5.1.org/conf.c	2020-08-19 16:24:04.000000000 +0200
+++ chrony-3.5.1/conf.c	2021-09-23 08:40:12.354030905 +0200
@@ -1359,8 +1359,10 @@
                 GLOB_NOMAGIC |
 #endif
                 GLOB_ERR, NULL, &gl)) != 0) {
-    if (r != GLOB_NOMATCH)
-      LOG_FATAL("Could not search for files matching %s", line);
+    if (r != GLOB_NOMATCH) {
+      DEBUG_LOG("Could not search for files matching %s", line);
+      return;
+    }
 
     DEBUG_LOG("glob of %s failed", line);
     return;