diff --git a/extra/tzdata/build b/extra/tzdata/build
index e9d7d7c5..7e542ee8 100755
--- a/extra/tzdata/build
+++ b/extra/tzdata/build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkg_dir=$1
 
 make CC="${CC:-cc}"
-make DESTDIR="$1" install
+make DESTDIR="$1" ZICDIR=/usr/bin install
 
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