diff --git a/build/dockerfiles/deb.Dockerfile b/build/dockerfiles/deb.Dockerfile
index 67e4eec30be3..219dc628a65c 100644
--- a/build/dockerfiles/deb.Dockerfile
+++ b/build/dockerfiles/deb.Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ COPY ${KONG_ARTIFACT_PATH}${KONG_ARTIFACT} /tmp/kong.deb
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y upgrade \
     && apt-get -y autoremove \
+    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y tzdata \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends /tmp/kong.deb \
     && rm -rf /tmp/kong.deb \
     && chown kong:0 /usr/local/bin/kong \
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/add_tzdata.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/add_tzdata.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91c8df9c2ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/add_tzdata.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: |
+  Add package `tzdata` to DEB Docker image for convenient timezone setting.
+type: dependency