diff --git a/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk b/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
index 11b167aa93..2606e25e7f 100644
--- a/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
+++ b/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TZDATA),y)
 	POSTGRESQL_DEPENDENCIES += tzdata
 	POSTGRESQL_CONF_OPT += --with-system-tzdata=/usr/share/zoneinfo
+else
+	POSTGRESQL_DEPENDENCIES += host-zic
+	POSTGRESQL_CONF_ENV += ZIC=$$(ZIC)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)