diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bdb983..fd3f943 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 * MediaPortal TV-Server PVR support
 
+### Fixed
+
+* Wrong timezone / timezone can not be set ([#5](https://github.com/ehough/docker-kodi/issues/5))
+
 ## [1.1.0] - 2018-05-24
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 448964e..c02f60f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ RUN apt-get update                                                        && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # install base packages
-RUN packages="kodi kodi-eventclients-xbmc-send"          && \
+# kodi-eventclients-xbmc-send allows us to shut down Kodi gracefully upon container termination
+# tzdata is necessary for timezone functionality (see https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker/issues/50)
+RUN packages="kodi kodi-eventclients-xbmc-send tzdata"   && \
     apt-get update                                       && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $packages && \
     apt-get -y --purge autoremove                        && \