diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8d88aae..12e40be 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 description = "get the IANA time zone for the current system"
-version = "0.1.44"
+version = "0.1.45"
 authors = ["Andrew Straw <strawman@astraw.com>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/strawlab/iana-time-zone"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/tz_macos.rs b/src/tz_macos.rs
index a42c00a..41ead59 100644
--- a/src/tz_macos.rs
+++ b/src/tz_macos.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,61 @@
-use core_foundation_sys::base::{CFRelease, CFTypeRef};
-use core_foundation_sys::string::{kCFStringEncodingUTF8, CFStringGetCStringPtr};
+use core_foundation_sys::base::{Boolean, CFRange, CFRelease, CFTypeRef};
+use core_foundation_sys::string::{
+    kCFStringEncodingUTF8, CFStringGetBytes, CFStringGetCStringPtr, CFStringGetLength,
+};
 use core_foundation_sys::timezone::{CFTimeZoneCopySystem, CFTimeZoneGetName};
 
 pub(crate) fn get_timezone_inner() -> Result<String, crate::GetTimezoneError> {
-    unsafe {
-        Dropping::new(CFTimeZoneCopySystem())
-            .and_then(|tz| Dropping::new(CFTimeZoneGetName(tz.0)))
-            .and_then(|name| {
-                let name = CFStringGetCStringPtr(name.0, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
-                if name.is_null() {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(name)
-                }
-            })
-            .and_then(|name| std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(name).to_str().ok())
-            .map(|name| name.to_owned())
-            .ok_or(crate::GetTimezoneError::OsError)
+    unsafe { get_timezone().ok_or(crate::GetTimezoneError::OsError) }
+}
+
+#[inline]
+unsafe fn get_timezone() -> Option<String> {
+    // The longest name in the IANA time zone database is 25 ASCII characters long.
+    const MAX_LEN: usize = 32;
+
+    // Get system time zone, and borrow its name.
+    let tz = Dropping::new(CFTimeZoneCopySystem())?;
+    let name = CFTimeZoneGetName(tz.0);
+    if name.is_null() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    // If the name is encoded in UTF-8, copy it directly.
+    let cstr = CFStringGetCStringPtr(name, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+    if !cstr.is_null() {
+        let cstr = std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(cstr);
+        if let Ok(name) = cstr.to_str() {
+            return Some(name.to_owned());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Otherwise convert the name to UTF-8.
+    let mut buf = [0; MAX_LEN];
+    let mut buf_bytes = 0;
+    let range = CFRange {
+        location: 0,
+        length: CFStringGetLength(name),
+    };
+    if CFStringGetBytes(
+        name,
+        range,
+        kCFStringEncodingUTF8,
+        b'\0',
+        false as Boolean,
+        buf.as_mut_ptr(),
+        buf.len() as isize,
+        &mut buf_bytes,
+    ) != range.length
+    {
+        // Could not convert the name.
+        None
+    } else if !(1..MAX_LEN as isize).contains(&buf_bytes) {
+        // The name should not be empty, or excessively long.
+        None
+    } else {
+        // Convert the name to a `String`.
+        let name = core::str::from_utf8(&buf[..buf_bytes as usize]).ok()?;
+        Some(name.to_owned())
     }
 }