--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/time/__tz.c
++++ b/src/time/__tz.c
+@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ static int r0[5], r1[5];
+ static const unsigned char *zi, *trans, *index, *types, *abbrevs, *abbrevs_end;
+ static size_t map_size;
+
++static const char *tzfile;
++static size_t tzfile_size;
++
+ static char old_tz_buf[32];
+ static char *old_tz = old_tz_buf;
+ static size_t old_tz_size = sizeof old_tz_buf;
+@@ -125,6 +128,15 @@ static void do_tzset()
+ "/usr/share/zoneinfo/\0/share/zoneinfo/\0/etc/zoneinfo/\0";
+
+ s = getenv("TZ");
++
++ /* if TZ is empty try to read it from /etc/TZ */
++ if (!s || !*s) {
++ if (tzfile)
++ __munmap((void*)tzfile, tzfile_size);
++
++ s = tzfile = (void *)__map_file("/etc/TZ", &tzfile_size);
++ }
++
+ if (!s || !*s) s = "/etc/localtime";
+
+ if (old_tz && !strcmp(s, old_tz)) return;