diff --git a/libs/avm_network/src/network.erl b/libs/avm_network/src/network.erl
index 6d6f38f402..c9337b6dc4 100644
--- a/libs/avm_network/src/network.erl
+++ b/libs/avm_network/src/network.erl
@@ -186,10 +186,12 @@
 -type ap_config() :: {ap, [ap_config_property()]}.
 
 -type sntp_host_config() :: {host, string() | binary()}.
+-type sntp_timezone_config() :: {timezone, string() | binary()}.
 -type sntp_synchronized_config() ::
     {synchronized, fun(({non_neg_integer(), non_neg_integer()}) -> term())}.
 -type sntp_config_property() ::
     sntp_host_config()
+    | sntp_timezone_config()
     | sntp_synchronized_config().
 -type sntp_config() :: {sntp, [sntp_config_property()]}.
 
diff --git a/src/platforms/esp32/components/avm_builtins/network_driver.c b/src/platforms/esp32/components/avm_builtins/network_driver.c
index ad0f3e924b..02b04307d1 100644
--- a/src/platforms/esp32/components/avm_builtins/network_driver.c
+++ b/src/platforms/esp32/components/avm_builtins/network_driver.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static const char *const sta_connected_atom = ATOM_STR("\xD", "sta_connected");
 static const char *const sta_beacon_timeout_atom = ATOM_STR("\x12", "sta_beacon_timeout");
 static const char *const sta_disconnected_atom = ATOM_STR("\x10", "sta_disconnected");
 static const char *const sta_got_ip_atom = ATOM_STR("\xA", "sta_got_ip");
+static const char *const timezone_atom = ATOM_STR("\x8", "timezone");
 static const char *const network_down_atom = ATOM_STR("\x0C", "network_down");
 
 ESP_EVENT_DECLARE_BASE(sntp_event_base);
@@ -1148,6 +1149,20 @@ static void maybe_set_sntp(term sntp_config, GlobalContext *global)
         } else {
             ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Unable to locate sntp host in configuration");
         }
+
+        term timezone_term = interop_kv_get_value(sntp_config, timezone_atom, global);
+        if (!term_is_invalid_term(timezone_term)) {
+            int tz_ok;
+            char *tz = interop_term_to_string(timezone_term, &tz_ok);
+            if (LIKELY(tz_ok)) {
+                setenv("TZ", tz, 1);
+                tzset();
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Timezone set to %s", tz);
+                free(tz);
+            } else {
+                ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Unable to parse timezone string in configuration");
+            }
+        }
     }
 }