diff --git a/rootdir/init.environ.rc.in b/rootdir/init.environ.rc.in
index 5d6cd2da6..455c9a8e3 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.environ.rc.in
+++ b/rootdir/init.environ.rc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on early-init
     export ANDROID_DATA /data
     export ANDROID_STORAGE /storage
     export ANDROID_RUNTIME_ROOT /apex/com.android.runtime
+    export ANDROID_TZDATA_ROOT /apex/com.android.tzdata
     export EXTERNAL_STORAGE /sdcard
     export ASEC_MOUNTPOINT /mnt/asec
     export BOOTCLASSPATH %BOOTCLASSPATH%