diff --git a/meta-oe/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-dbs/mongodb/mongodb_git.bb b/meta-oe/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-dbs/mongodb/mongodb_git.bb
index 0969fb6ce2..a149c0acc4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-dbs/mongodb/mongodb_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/dynamic-layers/meta-python/recipes-dbs/mongodb/mongodb_git.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ DEPENDS = "openssl libpcap zlib boost curl python3 \
            python3-pyyaml-native python3-cheetah-native \
            python3-psutil-native python3-regex-native \
            "
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "tzdata"
 
 inherit scons dos2unix siteinfo python3native systemd useradd