diff --git a/base/tzdata/debian/meta_data.yaml b/base/tzdata/debian/meta_data.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d02bd6e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/tzdata/debian/meta_data.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+debver: 2023c-10
+debname: tzdata
+archive: https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231001T025741Z/pool/main/t/tzdata/
+revision:
+  dist: $STX_DIST
+  PKG_GITREVCOUNT: true
diff --git a/base/tzdata/debian/patches/0001-No-leap-second-on-2023-12-31.patch b/base/tzdata/debian/patches/0001-No-leap-second-on-2023-12-31.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0551f2126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/tzdata/debian/patches/0001-No-leap-second-on-2023-12-31.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From a988607febfcb518857b5120a1bbcfe2ac68b838 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Scott Little <scott.little@windriver.com>
+Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:40:42 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] No leap second on 2023-12-31
+
+Per IERS Bulletin C 66 (2023-07-04).
+https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.66
+
+* leap-seconds.list: Update file from NIST, retrieved from
+ftp://ftp.boulder.nist.gov/pub/time/leap-seconds.list
+
+Signed-off-by: Scott Little <scott.little@windriver.com>
+---
+ leap-seconds.list | 8 ++++----
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/leap-seconds.list b/leap-seconds.list
+index 17e3a10..3fe9a12 100644
+--- a/leap-seconds.list
++++ b/leap-seconds.list
+@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@
+ #	current -- the update time stamp, the data and the name of the file
+ #	will not change.
+ #
+-#	Updated through IERS Bulletin C65
+-#	File expires on:  28 December 2023
++#	Updated through IERS Bulletin C66
++#	File expires on:  28 June 2024
+ #
+-#@	3912710400
++#@	3928521600
+ #
+ 2272060800	10	# 1 Jan 1972
+ 2287785600	11	# 1 Jul 1972
+@@ -252,4 +252,4 @@
+ #	the hash line is also ignored in the
+ #	computation.
+ #
+-#h 	e76a99dc 65f15cc7 e613e040 f5078b5e b23834fe
++#h 	16edd0f0 3666784f 37db6bdd e74ced87 59af48f1
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/base/tzdata/debian/patches/series b/base/tzdata/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f2cac93e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/tzdata/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0001-No-leap-second-on-2023-12-31.patch
diff --git a/debian_iso_image.inc b/debian_iso_image.inc
index e5af41d28..ba661be7f 100644
--- a/debian_iso_image.inc
+++ b/debian_iso_image.inc
@@ -415,5 +415,8 @@ systemd-presets
 #trident-installer
 trident-installer
 
+#tzdata
+tzdata
+
 #watchdog
 watchdog
diff --git a/debian_pkg_dirs b/debian_pkg_dirs
index 8b5cdf8ca..458ca4b7a 100644
--- a/debian_pkg_dirs
+++ b/debian_pkg_dirs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ base/pf-bb-config
 base/synce4l
 base/systemd
 base/systemd-presets
+base/tzdata
 base/watchdog
 centos-debian-compat
 ceph/ceph