diff --git a/src/arch-nspawn.in b/src/arch-nspawn.in
index bd99adc8bff82ded5f64f19974ddd7389bb2ca0d..6bcafa57d6eb626d13a627d0e16832de38f1e976 100644
--- a/src/arch-nspawn.in
+++ b/src/arch-nspawn.in
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ nspawn_args=(
 	--machine="arch-nspawn-$$"
 	--as-pid2
 	--console=autopipe
+	--timezone=off
 )
 
 if (( ${#cache_dirs[@]} == 0 )); then