diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
index ff5670935bd9..6de97f3dea26 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, gnome3, intltool, glib, libnotify, lcms2, libXtst
 , libxkbfile, libpulseaudio, libcanberra_gtk3, upower, colord, libgweather, polkit
 , geoclue2, librsvg, xf86_input_wacom, udev, libgudev, libwacom, libxslt, libtool, networkmanager
-, docbook_xsl, docbook_xsl_ns, wrapGAppsHook, ibus, xkeyboard_config }:
+, docbook_xsl, docbook_xsl_ns, wrapGAppsHook, ibus, xkeyboard_config, tzdata }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit (import ./src.nix fetchurl) name src;
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       polkit geocode_glib geoclue2 librsvg xf86_input_wacom udev libgudev libwacom libxslt
       libtool docbook_xsl docbook_xsl_ns wrapGAppsHook gnome_themes_standard ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace plugins/datetime/tz.h --replace /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab ${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;