diff --git a/package/tz/tz.mk b/package/tz/tz.mk
index a762acd0b0..865ba3bb9c 100644
--- a/package/tz/tz.mk
+++ b/package/tz/tz.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ define TZ_BUILD_CMDS
 endef
 
 define TZ_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab \
+			      $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(HOST_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab \
+			      $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo/uclibc
 	cp -a $(@D)/output/* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/zoneinfo/uclibc
 	if [ -n "$(TZ_LOCALTIME)" ]; then                               \