diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/next/exclude b/config/rootfiles/core/next/exclude
index c2bceb866..6bfbbf791 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/next/exclude
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/next/exclude
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ etc/ipsec.secrets
 etc/ipsec.user.conf
 etc/ipsec.user.secrets
 var/updatecache
+etc/localtime