Index: qtbase-opensource-src-5.8.0/src/corelib/tools/qtimezoneprivate_tz.cpp
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--- qtbase-opensource-src-5.8.0.orig/src/corelib/tools/qtimezoneprivate_tz.cpp
+++ qtbase-opensource-src-5.8.0/src/corelib/tools/qtimezoneprivate_tz.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ typedef QHash<QByteArray, QTzTimeZone> Q
 // Parse zone.tab table, assume lists all installed zones, if not will need to read directories
 static QTzTimeZoneHash loadTzTimeZones()
 {
-    QString path = QStringLiteral("/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab");
+    QString path = qgetenv("TZDIR");
+    path += "/zone.tab";
+    if (!QFile::exists(path))
+        path = QStringLiteral("/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab");
     if (!QFile::exists(path))
         path = QStringLiteral("/usr/lib/zoneinfo/zone.tab");
 
@@ -642,12 +645,18 @@ void QTzTimeZonePrivate::init(const QByt
         if (!tzif.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
             return;
     } else {
-        // Open named tz, try modern path first, if fails try legacy path
-        tzif.setFileName(QLatin1String("/usr/share/zoneinfo/") + QString::fromLocal8Bit(ianaId));
+        // Try TZDIR first
+        QString zoneinfoDir = qgetenv("TZDIR");
+        zoneinfoDir += "/" + QString::fromLocal8Bit(ianaId);
+        tzif.setFileName(zoneinfoDir);
         if (!tzif.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-            tzif.setFileName(QLatin1String("/usr/lib/zoneinfo/") + QString::fromLocal8Bit(ianaId));
-            if (!tzif.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
-                return;
+            // Open named tz, try modern path first, if fails try legacy path
+            tzif.setFileName(QLatin1String("/usr/share/zoneinfo/") + QString::fromLocal8Bit(ianaId));
+            if (!tzif.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+                tzif.setFileName(QLatin1String("/usr/lib/zoneinfo/") + QString::fromLocal8Bit(ianaId));
+                if (!tzif.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+                    return;
+            }
         }
     }