diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f825f6965..5624a44a8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ ADD serverdata/ /holocore/serverdata
 # Sets up networking
 EXPOSE 44463/tcp
 
+# Sets up timezone - default timezone can be overridden by setting TZ environment variable.
+RUN apt-get install -y tzdata
+ENV TZ=UTC
+
 # Sets up execution
 WORKDIR /holocore
 ENTRYPOINT ["/holocore/bin/java", "-m", "holocore/com.projectswg.holocore.ProjectSWG", "--database", "mongodb://pswg_game_database", "--dbName", "cu"]