diff --git a/test/kickstart-templates/includes/post-system.cfg b/test/kickstart-templates/includes/post-system.cfg
index a84911daa3..9b7518340c 100644
--- a/test/kickstart-templates/includes/post-system.cfg
+++ b/test/kickstart-templates/includes/post-system.cfg
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 useradd -m -p \$5\$XDVQ6DxT8S5YWLV7\$8f2om5JfjK56v9ofUkUAwZXTxJl3Sqnc9yPnza4xoJ0 redhat
 echo -e 'redhat\tALL=(ALL)\tNOPASSWD: ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/microshift
 
+ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
+
 # Make the KUBECONFIG from MicroShift directly available for the root user
 if [ ! -d /root ]; then
     # Workaround for bootc container init.