diff --git a/.travis/dispatch.sh b/.travis/dispatch.sh
index 7a6111a5..b963f7d5 100755
--- a/.travis/dispatch.sh
+++ b/.travis/dispatch.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ else
     # Only run tests against the new configuration
     # TODO: don't hard-code this
     if [[ "${SALT_NODE_ID}" == "servo-master1" ]]; then
-        ./test.py sls.buildbot.master sls.homu sls.nginx
+        ./test.py sls.buildbot.master sls.common.timezone sls.homu sls.nginx
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/common/init.sls b/common/init.sls
index 4963ba0a..9d0970fe 100644
--- a/common/init.sls
+++ b/common/init.sls
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ servo:
     - shell: /bin/bash
     - home: {{ common.servo_home }}
 
+UTC:
+    timezone.system
+
 {% for hostname, ip in common.hosts.items() %}
 host-{{ hostname }}:
   host.present:
diff --git a/tests/sls/common/__init__.py b/tests/sls/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/sls/common/timezone.py b/tests/sls/common/timezone.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e5f4675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sls/common/timezone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import subprocess
+
+from tests.util import Failure, Success
+
+
+def run():
+    command = "date | grep -v UTC"
+    ret = subprocess.run(command,
+                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                         stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                         universal_newlines=True,
+                         shell=True)
+
+    if ret.returncode == 1:
+        return Success("Date is in UTC")
+    else:
+        return Failure("Date is not in UTC: ", ret.stdout)
+