diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 1cdbf430a9..e5dc1ac2f7 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ export MAKE = "make"
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = ""
 EXTRA_OECONF = ""
 export LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8"
+export TZ = 'UTC'
 
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 # Patch handling.