diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1504_cmake/zoneminder.init b/distros/ubuntu1504_cmake/zoneminder.init
index 88de7cef9..5cdf62165 100644
--- a/distros/ubuntu1504_cmake/zoneminder.init
+++ b/distros/ubuntu1504_cmake/zoneminder.init
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ command="$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmpkg.pl"
 
 start() {
 	echo -n "Starting $prog: "
+	export TZ=:/etc/localtime
 	mkdir -p "$RUNDIR" && chown www-data:www-data "$RUNDIR"
 	mkdir -p "$TMPDIR" && chown www-data:www-data "$TMPDIR"
 	$command start
diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1504_cmake_split_packages/zoneminder-core.zoneminder.init b/distros/ubuntu1504_cmake_split_packages/zoneminder-core.zoneminder.init
index d3354c1d8..f22143c38 100644
--- a/distros/ubuntu1504_cmake_split_packages/zoneminder-core.zoneminder.init
+++ b/distros/ubuntu1504_cmake_split_packages/zoneminder-core.zoneminder.init
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ command="$ZM_PATH_BIN/zmpkg.pl"
 
 start() {
 	echo -n "Starting $prog: "
+	export TZ=:/etc/localtime
 	mkdir -p $RUNDIR && chown www-data:www-data $RUNDIR
 	mkdir -p $TMPDIR && chown www-data:www-data $TMPDIR
 	$command start