diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dbcde41862..1354729fa8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * respect configuration for remote when fetching (also applies to pulling) [[@cruessler](https://github.com/cruessler)] ([#1093](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1093))
 * add `:` character to sign-off trailer to comply with Conventinoal Commits standard [@semioticrobotic](https://github.com/semioticrobotic) ([#2196](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/2196))
 
+### Added
+* support overriding `build_date` for [reproducible builds](https://reproducible-builds.org/) [[@bmwiedemann](https://github.com/bmwiedemann)] ([#2202](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/pull/2202))
+
 ## [0.26.0+1] - 2024-04-14
 
-**0.26.1** 
+**0.26.1**
 this release has no changes to `0.26.0` but provides windows binaries that were missing before.
 
 **commit signing**
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 64470c19f4..e217973c3f 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use chrono::TimeZone;
+
 fn get_git_hash() -> String {
 	use std::process::Command;
 
@@ -18,7 +20,13 @@ fn get_git_hash() -> String {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-	let build_date = chrono::Local::now().date_naive();
+	let now = match std::env::var("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH") {
+		Ok(val) => chrono::Local
+			.timestamp_opt(val.parse::<i64>().unwrap(), 0)
+			.unwrap(),
+		Err(_) => chrono::Local::now(),
+	};
+	let build_date = now.date_naive();
 
 	let build_name = if std::env::var("GITUI_RELEASE").is_ok() {
 		format!(