diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index ac8175c337..47d47c6a44 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS # kmod-tools
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD_TOOLS
+	select BR2_TARGET_TZ_INFO
 	help
 	  systemd is a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with
 	  SysV and LSB init scripts. systemd provides aggressive parallelization