2 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runsc/cmd/chroot.go b/runsc/cmd/chroot.go
index 791a50135..c6507a75b 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/chroot.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/chroot.go
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@ func pivotRoot(root string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func copyFile(dst, src string) error {
+	in, err := os.Open(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer in.Close()
+
+	out, err := os.Create(dst)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer out.Close()
+
+	_, err = out.ReadFrom(in)
+	return err
+}
+
 // setUpChroot creates an empty directory with runsc mounted at /runsc and proc
 // mounted at /proc.
 func setUpChroot(pidns bool) error {
@@ -78,6 +95,14 @@ func setUpChroot(pidns bool) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error mounting tmpfs in choot: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(chroot, "etc"), 0755); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating /etc in chroot: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := copyFile(filepath.Join(chroot, "etc/localtime"), "/etc/localtime"); err != nil {
+		log.Warningf("Failed to copy /etc/localtime: %v. UTC timezone will be used.", err)
+	}
+
 	if pidns {
 		flags := uint32(unix.MS_NOSUID | unix.MS_NODEV | unix.MS_NOEXEC | unix.MS_RDONLY)
 		if err := mountInChroot(chroot, "proc", "/proc", "proc", flags); err != nil {
diff --git a/runsc/cmd/gofer.go b/runsc/cmd/gofer.go
index 181bae3e2..c2922bf13 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/gofer.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/gofer.go
@@ -290,11 +290,17 @@ func setupRootFS(spec *specs.Spec, conf *config.Config) error {
 		if err := os.Mkdir("/proc/root", 0755); err != nil {
 			Fatalf("error creating /proc/root: %v", err)
 		}
+		if err := os.Mkdir("/proc/etc", 0755); err != nil {
+			Fatalf("error creating /proc/etc: %v", err)
+		}
 		// This cannot use SafeMount because there's no available procfs. But we
 		// know that /proc is an empty tmpfs mount, so this is safe.
 		if err := unix.Mount("runsc-proc", "/proc/proc", "proc", flags|unix.MS_RDONLY, ""); err != nil {
 			Fatalf("error mounting proc: %v", err)
 		}
+		if err := copyFile("/proc/etc/localtime", "/etc/localtime"); err != nil {
+			log.Warningf("Failed to copy /etc/localtime: %v. UTC timezone will be used.", err)
+		}
 		root = "/proc/root"
 		procPath = "/proc/proc"
 	}