diff --git a/src/Parser.vala b/src/Parser.vala
index 7c7b82d..2c3a061 100644
--- a/src/Parser.vala
+++ b/src/Parser.vala
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ public class DateTime.Parser : GLib.Object {
         return parser;
     }
     private Parser () {
-        var file = File.new_for_path ("/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab");
+        var file = File.new_for_path ("@tzdata@/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab");
         if (!file.query_exists ()) {
-            critical ("/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab doesn't exist !");
+            critical ("@tzdata@/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab doesn't exist !");
             return;
         }