diff --git a/meta-facebook/recipes-extended/timezone/tzdata.bbappend b/meta-facebook/recipes-extended/timezone/tzdata.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e66942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-facebook/recipes-extended/timezone/tzdata.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+
+DEFAULT_TIMEZONE = "PST8PDT"
diff --git a/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/packagegroups/packagegroup-fb-apps.bb b/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/packagegroups/packagegroup-fb-apps.bb
index d9c2abd..4b87043 100644
--- a/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/packagegroups/packagegroup-fb-apps.bb
+++ b/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/packagegroups/packagegroup-fb-apps.bb
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         ipmitool \
         phosphor-post-code-manager \
         phosphor-host-postd \
+        tzdata-core \
         "
 
 SUMMARY:${PN}-system = "Facebook System"