diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index b80fee3ff..bec33c8e0 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ define Package/base-files$(TARGET)/install
 	rm -f $(1)/var
 	ln -sf /tmp $(1)/var
 	mkdir -p $(1)/etc
-	ln -sf /tmp/resolv.conf /tmp/fstab $(1)/etc/
+	ln -sf /tmp/resolv.conf /tmp/fstab /tmp/TZ $(1)/etc/
 	$(call Package/base-files/install-target,$(1))
 	for conffile in $(1)/etc/config/*; do \
 		if [ -f "$$$$conffile" ]; then \
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/config/system b/package/base-files/files/etc/config/system
index 204a73a98..b0726b7b7 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/config/system
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/config/system
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 config system
 	option hostname	OpenWrt
+	option timezone	UTC
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
index df2afd6b8..57c034eb4 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/init.d/boot
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ system_config() {
 
 	config_get conloglevel "$cfg" conloglevel
 	[ -n "$conloglevel" ] && dmesg -n "$conloglevel"
+	
+	config_get timezone "$cfg" timezone 
+	[ -z "$timezone" ] && timezone=UTC
+	echo "$timezone" > /tmp/TZ
 
 	config_get log_ip "$cfg" log_ip 
 	config_get log_size "$cfg" log_size