diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/srcinfo.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/srcinfo.sh.in
index c43d4cee..96df7721 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/srcinfo.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/srcinfo.sh.in
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ srcinfo_write_package() {
 
 write_srcinfo_header() {
 	printf "# Generated by makepkg %s\n" "$makepkg_version"
-	printf "# %s\n" "$(LC_ALL=C date -u)"
+	printf "# %s\n" "$(LC_ALL=C date --date="@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" -u)"
 }
 
 write_srcinfo_content() {