diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2012d.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2012d.bb
index 31e1266280..974110172f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2012d.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tzdata/tzdata_2012d.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LICENSE = "PD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://asia;beginline=2;endline=3;md5=06468c0e84ef4d4c97045a4a29b08234"
 DEPENDS = "tzcode-native"
 
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r2"
 
 inherit allarch
 
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ do_install () {
         # Install default timezone
         install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
         echo ${DEFAULT_TIMEZONE} > ${D}${sysconfdir}/timezone
+        ln -s ${datadir}/zoneinfo/${DEFAULT_TIMEZONE} ${D}${sysconfdir}/localtime
 
         chown -R root:root ${D}
 }