diff --git a/src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneSelectPage.js b/src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneSelectPage.js
index 7bdf1afd498a..b6fbc36e3ef7 100644
--- a/src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneSelectPage.js
+++ b/src/pages/settings/Profile/TimezoneSelectPage.js
@@ -62,7 +62,19 @@ function TimezoneSelectPage(props) {
      */
     const filterShownTimezones = (searchText) => {
         setTimezoneInputText(searchText);
-        setTimezoneOptions(_.filter(allTimezones.current, (tz) => tz.text.toLowerCase().includes(searchText.trim().toLowerCase())));
+        const searchWords = searchText.toLowerCase().match(/[a-z0-9]+/g) || [];
+        setTimezoneOptions(
+            _.filter(allTimezones.current, (tz) =>
+                _.every(
+                    searchWords,
+                    (word) =>
+                        tz.text
+                            .toLowerCase()
+                            .replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, ' ')
+                            .indexOf(word) > -1,
+                ),
+            ),
+        );
     };
 
     return (