diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix
index 1dc71987f543..8bc34d672c96 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-fhs-userenv/env.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ let
 
       # symlink other core stuff
       ln -s /host/etc/localtime localtime
+      ln -s /host/etc/zoneinfo zoneinfo
       ln -s /host/etc/machine-id machine-id
       ln -s /host/etc/os-release os-release