diff --git a/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk b/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
index 47e29c0cc5..d0aa8570b3 100644
--- a/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
+++ b/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ TZDATA_LOCALTIME = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_LOCALTIME))
 TZDATA_EXTRACT_CMDS =
 
 define TZDATA_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share
-	cp -a $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo
+	cp -a $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo/* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo
 	cd $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo;    \
 	for zone in posix/*; do                 \
 	    ln -sfn "$${zone}" "$${zone##*/}";  \
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ define HOST_TZDATA_BUILD_CMDS
 endef
 
 define HOST_TZDATA_INSTALL_CMDS
-	mkdir -p $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo
 	cp -a $(@D)/_output/* $(@D)/*.tab $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo
 endef