diff --git a/package/sudo/sudo.mk b/package/sudo/sudo.mk
index 54901943cd..67af546cfc 100644
--- a/package/sudo/sudo.mk
+++ b/package/sudo/sudo.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SUDO_SELINUX_MODULES = sudo
 # This is to avoid sudo's make install from chown()ing files which fails
 SUDO_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = INSTALL_OWNER="" DESTDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" install
 SUDO_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--with-tzdir=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_TZDATA),/usr/share/zoneinfo,no) \
 	--without-lecture \
 	--without-sendmail \
 	--without-umask \