diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2923cd60cc53b..b3e12200d0965 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends apt-utils dialog 2>&1 \
     #
+    # Install tzdata and configure timezone (fix for tests which try to read from "/etc/localtime")
+    && apt-get -y install tzdata \
+    && ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC /etc/localtime \
+    && dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata \
+    #
     # Verify git, process tools, lsb-release (common in install instructions for CLIs) installed
     && apt-get -y install git iproute2 procps iproute2 lsb-release \
     #