diff --git a/.changelog/26794.txt b/.changelog/26794.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..869821c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/26794.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+build: Add tzdata to Docker container final image
+```
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 430b5e526..f299a3ad5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 # Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
 
+# We use a multi-stage build, so we can add tzdata to the final image but still
+# produce a Busybox image.
+FROM alpine@sha256:4bcff63911fcb4448bd4fdacec207030997caf25e9bea4045fa6c8c44de311d1 AS builder
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache tzdata
+
 # docker.io/library/busybox:1.36.0
 # When pinning use the multi-arch manifest list, `docker buildx imagetools inspect ...`
-FROM docker.io/library/busybox@sha256:9e2bbca079387d7965c3a9cee6d0c53f4f4e63ff7637877a83c4c05f2a666112 as release
+FROM docker.io/library/busybox@sha256:9e2bbca079387d7965c3a9cee6d0c53f4f4e63ff7637877a83c4c05f2a666112 AS release
 
 ARG PRODUCT_NAME=nomad
 ARG PRODUCT_VERSION
@@ -25,6 +31,9 @@ LABEL maintainer="Nomad Team <nomad@hashicorp.com>" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="HashiCorp" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="BUSL-1.1"
 
+# Copy over the TZ data from the builder stage into the release image.
+COPY --from=builder /usr/share/zoneinfo /usr/share/zoneinfo
+
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/nomad
 COPY LICENSE /usr/share/doc/nomad/LICENSE.txt