diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.11.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.11.bb
index 9f6b003ffb..b591671868 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.11.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tcl_8.6.11.bb
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ inherit autotools ptest binconfig
 AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH = "${S}/unix"
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--enable-threads --disable-rpath --enable-man-suffix"
 
+# Prevent installing copy of tzdata based on tzdata installation on the build host
+# It doesn't install tzdata if one of the following files exist on the host:
+# /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/UTC /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/GMT /usr/lib/zoneinfo/UTC /usr/lib/zoneinfo/GMT
+# otherwise "/usr/lib/tcl8.6/tzdata" is included in tcl package
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-tzdata=no"
+
 do_install() {
 	autotools_do_install
 	oe_runmake 'DESTDIR=${D}' install-private-headers