diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu.inc b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu.inc
index 1329635..64b3edf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu.inc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ STAGING_ICU_DIR_NATIVE = "${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/${BPN}/${PV}"
 
 PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
 FULL_OPTIMIZATION_arm = "-Os"
+CPPFLAGS_append_libc-uclibc = " -DU_TIMEZONE=0"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig binconfig