diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/full_cluster_backup_restore_test.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/full_cluster_backup_restore_test.go
index 89736c7a078e..149f8fc1154e 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/full_cluster_backup_restore_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/full_cluster_backup_restore_test.go
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ CREATE TABLE data2.foo (a int);
 			systemschema.TableStatisticsTable.GetName(),
 			systemschema.UITable.GetName(),
 			systemschema.UsersTable.GetName(),
-			systemschema.ZonesTable.GetName(),
 			systemschema.ScheduledJobsTable.GetName(),
 		}
 
@@ -315,6 +314,22 @@ CREATE TABLE data2.foo (a int);
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("zone_configs", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// The restored zones should be a superset of the zones in the backed up
+		// cluster.
+		zoneIDsResult := sqlDB.QueryStr(t, `SELECT id FROM system.zones`)
+		var q strings.Builder
+		q.WriteString("SELECT * FROM system.zones WHERE id IN (")
+		for i, restoreZoneIDRow := range zoneIDsResult {
+			if i > 0 {
+				q.WriteString(", ")
+			}
+			q.WriteString(restoreZoneIDRow[0])
+		}
+		q.WriteString(")")
+		sqlDBRestore.CheckQueryResults(t, q.String(), sqlDB.QueryStr(t, q.String()))
+	})
+
 	t.Run("ensure that tables can be created at the excepted ID", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var maxID, dbID, tableID int
 		sqlDBRestore.QueryRow(t, "SELECT max(id) FROM system.namespace").Scan(&maxID)
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/restore_job.go b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/restore_job.go
index 20ebf102d78b..8ec40b75d4ab 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/backupccl/restore_job.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/backupccl/restore_job.go
@@ -2523,9 +2523,12 @@ func (r *restoreResumer) cleanupTempSystemTables(ctx context.Context) error {
 	executor := r.execCfg.InternalExecutor
 	// After restoring the system tables, drop the temporary database holding the
 	// system tables.
+	gcTTLQuery := fmt.Sprintf("ALTER DATABASE %s CONFIGURE ZONE USING gc.ttlseconds=1", restoreTempSystemDB)
+	if _, err := executor.Exec(ctx, "altering-gc-ttl-temp-system" /* opName */, nil /* txn */, gcTTLQuery); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf(ctx, "failed to update the GC TTL of %q: %+v", restoreTempSystemDB, err)
+	}
 	dropTableQuery := fmt.Sprintf("DROP DATABASE %s CASCADE", restoreTempSystemDB)
-	_, err := executor.Exec(ctx, "drop-temp-system-db" /* opName */, nil /* txn */, dropTableQuery)
-	if err != nil {
+	if _, err := executor.Exec(ctx, "drop-temp-system-db" /* opName */, nil /* txn */, dropTableQuery); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "dropping temporary system db")
 	}
 	return nil