diff --git a/packer/build.pkr.hcl b/packer/build.pkr.hcl
index 5ca794d..fa33901 100644
--- a/packer/build.pkr.hcl
+++ b/packer/build.pkr.hcl
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ build {
         rm -rf /tmp/rootfs/
       EOF
       ,
+      <<EOF
+        timedatectl set-timezone UTC
+        localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+      EOF
+      ,
       <<EOF
         apt-get update
         apt-get dist-upgrade -yo DPkg::options::=--force-confold