diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d6bee73fdc..0436672f6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Allow to customize server timezone
 * Add richtext widget for WYSIWYG editor
 * Add support of fields.Time
 * Replace nested view by reference id
diff --git a/etc/trytond.conf b/etc/trytond.conf
index 027a6c0d1c..f2efd761a8 100644
--- a/etc/trytond.conf
+++ b/etc/trytond.conf
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@ jsonrpc = localhost:8000
 
 # Default database language code
 # language = en_US
+
+# Timezone of the server
+# timezone = False
diff --git a/trytond/config.py b/trytond/config.py
index ccc926af2d..3722047f82 100644
--- a/trytond/config.py
+++ b/trytond/config.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ except ImportError:
     sys.modules['cdecimal'] = decimal
 import os
 import ConfigParser
+import time
 
 def get_hostname(netloc):
     if '[' in netloc and ']' in netloc:
@@ -76,9 +77,15 @@ class ConfigManager(object):
             'unoconv': 'pipe,name=trytond;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext',
             'retry': 5,
             'language': 'en_US',
+            'timezone': time.tzname[0] or time.tzname[1],
         }
         self.configfile = None
 
+    def set_timezone(self):
+        os.environ['TZ'] = self.get('timezone')
+        if hasattr(time, 'tzset'):
+            time.tzset()
+
     def update_cmdline(self, cmdline_options):
         self.options.update(cmdline_options)
 
diff --git a/trytond/protocols/dispatcher.py b/trytond/protocols/dispatcher.py
index 1e37dd81bf..041515b34f 100644
--- a/trytond/protocols/dispatcher.py
+++ b/trytond/protocols/dispatcher.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def dispatch(host, port, protocol, database_name, user, session, object_type,
         elif method == 'version':
             return VERSION
         elif method == 'timezone_get':
-            return time.tzname[0]
+            return CONFIG['timezone']
         elif method == 'list_lang':
             return [
                 ('bg_BG', 'Български'),