diff --git a/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.c b/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.c
index 00672872bb9..29fe0e7533c 100644
--- a/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.c
+++ b/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/tftp.h>
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	struct passwd *nobody;
 	const char *chuser = "nobody";
 
+	tzset();			/* syslog in localtime */
+
 	openlog("tftpd", LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_FTP);
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "cClns:u:Uw")) != -1) {
 		switch (ch) {