diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
index 51fdb0b0114..fa1e0bc2e68 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ configure_args="--with-openssl --with-python
 hostmakedepends="docbook2x flex gettext openjade"
 makedepends="libfl-devel libressl-devel libuuid-devel libxslt-devel pam-devel perl
  python-devel readline-devel tcl-devel"
+checkdepends="tzdata"
 short_desc="Sophisticated open-source Object-Relational DBMS"
 maintainer="Johannes <johannes.brechtmann@gmail.com>"
 license="PostgreSQL"