diff --git a/src/tz.cpp b/src/tz.cpp
index 68436c3..2bfe19e 100644
--- a/src/tz.cpp
+++ b/src/tz.cpp
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ discover_tz_dir()
     struct stat sb;
     using namespace std;
 #  ifndef __APPLE__
-    CONSTDATA auto tz_dir_default = "/usr/share/zoneinfo";
+    CONSTDATA auto tz_dir_default = "@tzdata@/share/zoneinfo";
     CONSTDATA auto tz_dir_buildroot = "/usr/share/zoneinfo/uclibc";
 
     // Check special path which is valid for buildroot with uclibc builds