diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/meson.build b/scripts/libmakepkg/meson.build
index b0697f78..50eb905b 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/meson.build
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ libmakepkg_modules = [
   { 'name' : 'lint_config',   'has_subdir' : true },
   { 'name' : 'lint_package',  'has_subdir' : true },
   { 'name' : 'lint_pkgbuild', 'has_subdir' : true },
+  { 'name' : 'reproducible',  'has_subdir' : true },
   { 'name' : 'source',        'has_subdir' : true },
   { 'name' : 'srcinfo',                           },
   { 'name' : 'tidy',          'has_subdir' : true },
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/reproducible.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/reproducible.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7db2a3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/reproducible.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#   reproducible.sh - utilities for improving package reproducibility
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2021 Pacman Development Team <pacman-dev@archlinux.org>
+#
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+[[ -n "$LIBMAKEPKG_REPRODUCIBLE_SH" ]] && return
+LIBMAKEPKG_REPRODUCIBLE_SH=1
+
+LIBRARY=${LIBRARY:-'@libmakepkgdir@'}
+
+
+for lib in "$LIBRARY/reproducible/"*.sh; do
+	source "$lib"
+done
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/reproducible/meson.build b/scripts/libmakepkg/reproducible/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0738fe9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/reproducible/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+libmakepkg_module = 'reproducible'
+
+sources = [
+  'python.sh.in',
+]
+
+foreach src : sources
+  output_dir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'makepkg', libmakepkg_module)
+
+  custom_target(
+    libmakepkg_module + '_' + src.underscorify(),
+    command : [ SCRIPT_EDITOR, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@' ],
+    input : src,
+    output : '@BASENAME@',
+    install : true,
+    install_dir : output_dir)
+endforeach
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/reproducible/python.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/reproducible/python.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45fd4521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/reproducible/python.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#   python.sh - creating reproducible python packages
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2021 Pacman Development Team <pacman-dev@archlinux.org>
+#
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+[[ -n "$LIBMAKEPKG_REPRODUCIBLE_PYTHON_SH" ]] && return
+LIBMAKEPKG_REPRODUCIBLE_PYTHON_SH=1
+
+
+LIBRARY=${LIBRARY:-'@libmakepkgdir@'}
+
+
+# disable hash randomization when creating .pyc files
+export PYTHONHASHSEED=0