diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7cd9ec6..9c90c9b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.10.0
+FROM alpine:3.10
 
 MAINTAINER PrivateBin <support@privatebin.org>
 
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ ENV RELEASE 1.3
 
 RUN \
 # Install dependencies
-    apk add --no-cache supervisor nginx php7-fpm php7-json php7-gd php7-opcache \
-        php7-pdo_mysql php7-pdo_pgsql \
+    apk add --no-cache supervisor tzdata nginx php7-fpm \
+        php7-json php7-gd php7-opcache php7-pdo_mysql php7-pdo_pgsql \
 # Remove (some of the) default nginx config
     && rm -f /etc/nginx.conf \
     && rm -f /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e06e0be..23590f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ docker run -d --restart="always" --read-only -p 8080:80 -v conf.php:/srv/cfg/con
 
 Note: The `Filesystem` data storage is supported out of the box. The image includes PDO modules for MySQL and SQLite, required for the `Database` one, but you still need to keep the /srv/data persisted for the server salt and the traffic limiter.
 
+### Timezone settings
+
+The image supports the use of the following two environment variables to adjust the timezone. This is most useful to ensure the logs show the correct local time.
+
+- `TZ`
+- `PHP_TZ`
+
+Note: The application internally handles expiration of pastes based on a UNIX timestamp that is calculated based on the timezone set during its creation. Changing the PHP_TZ will affect this and leads to earlier (if the timezone is increased) or later (if it is decreased) expiration then expected.
+
 ## Rolling your own image
 
 To reproduce the image, run: