diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4591f22..7431e5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 0.1.3
+
+* timedatectl support (CentOS 7)
diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index f0e9346..5157673 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 class timezone::config inherits timezone {
 
-  file { '/etc/localtime':
-    source  => "file:///usr/share/zoneinfo/${timezone::region}/${timezone::locality}",
-    links   => 'follow',
-    replace => true,
-    mode    => '0644',
+  if($timezone::params::timedatectl)
+  {
+    exec { 'set timezone':
+      command => "timedatectl set-timezone ${timezone::region}/${timezone::locality}",
+      unless  => "timedatectl status | grep \"Time zone: ${timezone::region}/${timezone::locality}\"",
+      path    => '/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin',
+    }
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    file { '/etc/localtime':
+      source  => "file:///usr/share/zoneinfo/${timezone::region}/${timezone::locality}",
+      links   => 'follow',
+      replace => true,
+      mode    => '0644',
+    }
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 232d545..05c2b46 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@
     {
       case $::operatingsystemrelease
       {
-        /^[5-7].*$/:
+        /^[5-6].*$/:
         {
+          $timezonectl=false
+        }
+        /^7.*$/:
+        {
+          $timezonectl=true
         }
         default: { fail("Unsupported RHEL/CentOS version! - ${::operatingsystemrelease}")  }
       }
@@ -24,6 +29,7 @@
           {
             /^1[46].*$/:
             {
+              $timezonectl=false
             }
             default: { fail("Unsupported Ubuntu version! - ${::operatingsystemrelease}")  }
           }
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 02297a6..0b893b9 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "eyp-timezone",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "author": "eyp",
   "summary": "sets timezone",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",