diff --git a/timezone.changes b/timezone.changes
index 240a9c5..1fd074d 100644
--- a/timezone.changes
+++ b/timezone.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep  2 14:03:38 UTC 2024 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>
+
+- Split tzselect script into a subpackage to prevent awk getting into minimal
+  containers and recommend tzselect by the main package
+  Fixes bsc#1230054
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 21 18:16:35 UTC 2024 - Martin Schreiner <martin.schreiner@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/timezone.spec b/timezone.spec
index 2a16ff2..a20f9fb 100644
--- a/timezone.spec
+++ b/timezone.spec
@@ -36,11 +36,22 @@ Patch0:         tzdata-china.diff
 Patch3:         iso3166-uk.diff
 Patch4:         timezone-2018f-bsc1112310.patch
 Patch5:         fat.patch
+Recommends:     tzselect
 
 %description
 These are configuration files that describe available time zones. You
 can select an appropriate time zone for your system with YaST.
 
+%package -n     tzselect
+Requires:       awk
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
+Summary:        Helper script to select the timezone
+BuildArch:      noarch
+Provides:       %{name}:/usr/bin/tzselect
+
+%description -n tzselect
+This package contains a helper script to select the timezone.
+
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -c -a1
 sed -ri 's@%{_prefix}/local%{_sysconfdir}/zoneinfo@%{_datadir}/zoneinfo@g' *.[1358]
@@ -85,8 +96,11 @@ install -m 644 -t %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/zoneinfo/ leapseconds leapseconds.awk
 %license LICENSE
 %verify(not link md5 size mtime) %config(missingok,noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/localtime
 %{_datadir}/zoneinfo
-%{_bindir}/tzselect
 %{_sbindir}/zdump
 %{_sbindir}/zic
 
+%files -n tzselect
+%license LICENSE
+%{_bindir}/tzselect
+
 %changelog