diff --git a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
index 8319bd7e..561ae861 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ gem "minima", "~> 2.0"
 group :jekyll_plugins do
    gem "jekyll-feed", "~> 0.6"
 end
+
+# Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
+gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby]
+
 RUBY
         end