diff --git a/timezone.changes b/timezone.changes
index 82df9ef..a18e392 100644
--- a/timezone.changes
+++ b/timezone.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 29 20:47:33 UTC 2013 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- /etc/localtime must be a symlink to /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE 
+  so systemd-timedated and its command line tool timedatectl 
+  can work correctly. Yast already does the right thing.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Apr 20 16:41:02 UTC 2013 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/timezone.spec b/timezone.spec
index 43fbda8..22ff50b 100644
--- a/timezone.spec
+++ b/timezone.spec
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/clock ];
 then
     . /etc/sysconfig/clock
     if [ -n "$TIMEZONE" -a -f /etc/localtime -a -f /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE ]; then
-	new=$(mktemp /etc/localtime.XXXXXXXX) || exit 1
-	cp -l /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE $new 2>/dev/null || cp -fp /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE $new
-	mv -f $new /etc/localtime
+    ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE /etc/localtime
     else
 	[ ! -f /etc/localtime ] || echo "WARNING: Not updating /etc/localtime with new zone file" >&2
     fi