diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc47d98931ab7790f6d394c85118f33af561d912..386972890dbf0428b79b86a99a72952d232109c8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1232,7 +1232,8 @@ endef
 
 define filechk_timestamp.h
 	(LC_ALL=C date +'#define U_BOOT_DATE "%b %d %C%y"'; \
-	LC_ALL=C date +'#define U_BOOT_TIME "%T"')
+	LC_ALL=C date +'#define U_BOOT_TIME "%T"'; \
+	LC_ALL=C date +'#define U_BOOT_TZ "%z"')
 endef
 
 $(version_h): include/config/uboot.release FORCE
diff --git a/include/version.h b/include/version.h
index d6c7cf2ae67f63d09b147e206c1338800d148b12..777e9f68fae321f8948a31cbe156cad08b437937 100644
--- a/include/version.h
+++ b/include/version.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define U_BOOT_VERSION_STRING U_BOOT_VERSION " (" U_BOOT_DATE " - " \
-	U_BOOT_TIME ")" CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
+	U_BOOT_TIME " " U_BOOT_TZ ")" CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 extern const char version_string[];