diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
index 4eb8d717309d..a5c27eb7ec95 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ let
       "--with-libxml"
       "--sysconfdir=/etc"
       "--libdir=$(lib)/lib"
-      "--with-system-tzdata=${tzdata}"
+      "--with-system-tzdata=${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo"
       (if stdenv.isDarwin then "--with-uuid=e2fs" else "--with-ossp-uuid")
     ];