--- a/src/calendar/libecal/e-cal-system-timezone.c
+++ b/src/calendar/libecal/e-cal-system-timezone.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SOLARIS
 #define SYSTEM_ZONEINFODIR "/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/tab"
 #else
-#define SYSTEM_ZONEINFODIR "/usr/share/zoneinfo"
+#define SYSTEM_ZONEINFODIR "@tzdata@/share/zoneinfo"
 #endif
 
 #define ETC_TIMEZONE        "/etc/timezone"