diff --git a/tzdata.be0 b/tzdata.be0
index d9d19ee8a..d8d8e9757 100755
--- a/tzdata.be0
+++ b/tzdata.be0
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ mee_install() {
     zic -d ${D}/${DATADIR}/zoneinfo -p America/New_York
 
     mkdir -pv ${D}${SYSCONFDIR}
-    cp ${D}${DATADIR}/zoneinfo/${MYTIMEZONE} ${D}${SYSCONFDIR}/localtime
+    ln -s ${D}${DATADIR}/zoneinfo/${MYTIMEZONE} ${D}${SYSCONFDIR}/localtime
 }