diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
index 15d13887672..d81eb0c64b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ rec {
 
   libgweather = stdenv.mkDerivation {
     inherit (desktop.libgweather) name src;
+    configureFlags = "--with-zoneinfo-dir=/etc/localtime"; # is created by nixos. This is the default location of debian/ gentoo as well
     buildInputs = [
       gettext perl perlXMLParser pkgconfig gtk libxml2 gnomevfs
       intltool libsoup