diff --git a/lib/private/setup.php b/lib/private/setup.php
index a350838763fb464c68f2b1af28ab4217f2f9da61..d2053e66ceb97969e1732d70c76df61e5126f08e 100644
--- a/lib/private/setup.php
+++ b/lib/private/setup.php
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ class OC_Setup {
 				self::protectDataDirectory();
 			}
 
+			//try to write logtimezone
+			if (date_default_timezone_get()) {
+				OC_Config::setValue('logtimezone', date_default_timezone_get());
+			}
+
 			//and we are done
 			OC_Config::setValue('installed', true);
 		}