diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/paperless.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/paperless.nix
index c17bde0da33c..8750770cea20 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/paperless.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/paperless.nix
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ let
     GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS = "--bind=${cfg.address}:${toString cfg.port}";
   } // (
     lib.mapAttrs (_: toString) cfg.extraConfig
-  ) // (optionalAttrs enableRedis {
+  ) // optionalAttrs (config.time.timeZone != null) {
+    PAPERLESS_TIME_ZONE = lib.mkDefault config.time.timeZone;
+  } // optionalAttrs enableRedis {
     PAPERLESS_REDIS = "unix://${redisServer.unixSocket}";
-  });
+  };
 
   manage = let
     setupEnv = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList (name: val: "export ${name}=\"${val}\"") env);