diff --git a/src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go b/src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go
index 67b8beb47b..5cd1fb1759 100644
--- a/src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go
+++ b/src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 // Many systems use /usr/share/zoneinfo, Solaris 2 has
 // /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo, IRIX 6 has /usr/lib/locale/TZ.
 var platformZoneSources = []string{
+	"@tzdata@/share/zoneinfo/",
 	"/usr/share/zoneinfo/",
 	"/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/",
 	"/usr/lib/locale/TZ/",