diff --git a/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk b/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
index 69bae030b8..f50a83c411 100644
--- a/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
+++ b/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ TZDATA_DEPENDENCIES = host-tzdata
 HOST_TZDATA_DEPENDENCIES = host-zic
 TZDATA_LICENSE = Public domain
 
+# Take care when re-ordering this list since this might break zone
+# dependencies
 TZDATA_DEFAULT_ZONELIST = \
-	africa antarctica asia australasia backward etcetera \
-	europe factory northamerica pacificnew southamerica
+	africa antarctica asia australasia europe northamerica \
+	southamerica pacificnew etcetera backward systemv factory
 
 ifeq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_TZ_ZONELIST)),default)
 TZDATA_ZONELIST = $(TZDATA_DEFAULT_ZONELIST)
@@ -49,8 +51,8 @@ endef
 define HOST_TZDATA_BUILD_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); \
 		for zone in $(TZDATA_ZONELIST); do \
-			$(ZIC) -d _output/posix -y yearistype.sh $$zone; \
-			$(ZIC) -d _output/right -L leapseconds -y yearistype.sh $$zone; \
+			$(ZIC) -d _output/posix -y yearistype.sh $$zone || exit 1; \
+			$(ZIC) -d _output/right -L leapseconds -y yearistype.sh $$zone || exit 1; \
 		done; \
 	)
 endef