diff --git a/docker/fidle_python_pip.dockerfile b/docker/fidle_python_pip.dockerfile
index 87666c87351f47f67066a25ec569d2747424f0f7..b56bc33229af6f6aaacef548b0f29977fb707f56 100644
--- a/docker/fidle_python_pip.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/fidle_python_pip.dockerfile
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ FROM ${docker_image_base}
 LABEL maintainer=soraya.arias@inria.fr
 
 # Ensure a sane environment
-ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ENV TZ=Europe/Paris LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-RUN apt update --fix-missing && \
+RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone && \
+    apt update --fix-missing && \
     apt install -y --no-install-recommends apt-utils \
         python3-venv  \
         python3-pip && \