diff --git a/rpm/podman.spec b/rpm/podman.spec
index 2f0cc734c3..0d8e781429 100644
--- a/rpm/podman.spec
+++ b/rpm/podman.spec
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export CGO_CFLAGS+=" -m64 -mtune=generic -fcf-protection=full"
 
 export GOPROXY=direct
 
-LDFLAGS="-X %{ld_libpod}/define.buildInfo=$(date +%s) \
+LDFLAGS="-X %{ld_libpod}/define.buildInfo=${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:?} \
          -X %{ld_libpod}/config._installPrefix=%{_prefix} \
          -X %{ld_libpod}/config._etcDir=%{_sysconfdir} \
          -X %{ld_project}/pkg/systemd/quadlet._binDir=%{_bindir}"