diff --git a/templates/etc/mongod.conf.j2 b/templates/etc/mongod.conf.j2
index f14598e..93e996f 100644
--- a/templates/etc/mongod.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/mongod.conf.j2
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ storage:
 processManagement:
   fork: {{ mongodb_processmanagement_fork_enabled | lower }}
   pidFilePath: /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
+  {% if mongodb_version is version_compare("3.6", ">=") -%}
   timeZoneInfo: /usr/share/zoneinfo
+  {% endif -%}
 
 # network interfaces
 net:
diff --git a/templates/etc/mongod_init.conf.j2 b/templates/etc/mongod_init.conf.j2
index 37e8d1b..7570bad 100644
--- a/templates/etc/mongod_init.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/mongod_init.conf.j2
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ storage:
 processManagement:
   fork: {{ mongodb_processmanagement_fork_enabled | lower }}
   pidFilePath: /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
+  {% if mongodb_version is version_compare("3.6", ">=") -%}
   timeZoneInfo: /usr/share/zoneinfo
+  {% endif -%}
 
 # network interfaces
 net: