diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix
index 204857b925f4..d90277961800 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 , asgiref
 , pytz
 , sqlparse
+, tzdata
 , pythonOlder
 , withGdal ? false
 }:
@@ -24,7 +25,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-9xk0sagi8UqGyayWNAU2iSec0ErmnLat5KWUcbiGWCs=";
   };
 
-  patches = lib.optional withGdal
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./django_3_set_zoneinfo_dir.patch;
+      zoneinfo = tzdata + "/share/zoneinfo";
+    })
+  ] ++ lib.optional withGdal
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch;
       inherit geos39;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_zoneinfo_dir.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_zoneinfo_dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69ad1c85d80c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_zoneinfo_dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/django/conf/__init__.py b/django/conf/__init__.py
+index 28302440c7..278cfa5e62 100644
+--- a/django/conf/__init__.py
++++ b/django/conf/__init__.py
+@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class Settings:
+         if hasattr(time, 'tzset') and self.TIME_ZONE:
+             # When we can, attempt to validate the timezone. If we can't find
+             # this file, no check happens and it's harmless.
+-            zoneinfo_root = Path('/usr/share/zoneinfo')
++            zoneinfo_root = Path('@zoneinfo@')
+             zone_info_file = zoneinfo_root.joinpath(*self.TIME_ZONE.split('/'))
+             if zoneinfo_root.exists() and not zone_info_file.exists():
+                 raise ValueError("Incorrect timezone setting: %s" % self.TIME_ZONE)