diff --git a/tzdata.be0 b/tzdata.be0
index 4f5bb4a27..d9d19ee8a 100755
--- a/tzdata.be0
+++ b/tzdata.be0
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ mee_install() {
     cp -vax zoneinfo ${D}/${DATADIR}
     cp -v zone.tab zone1970.tab iso3166.tab ${D}/${DATADIR}/zoneinfo
 
+    zic -d ${D}/${DATADIR}/zoneinfo -p America/New_York
+
     mkdir -pv ${D}${SYSCONFDIR}
     cp ${D}${DATADIR}/zoneinfo/${MYTIMEZONE} ${D}${SYSCONFDIR}/localtime
 }