diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index b988e8c1..9df960d1 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
 use Aviat\Ion\Json;
 use Aviat\AnimeClient\AnimeClient;
 
+// Work around the silly timezone error
+$timezone = ini_get('date.timezone');
+if ($timezone === '' || $timezone === FALSE)
+{
+	ini_set('date.timezone', 'GMT');
+}
+
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Global functions
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------