diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index c12481c..354c13f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -2130,6 +2130,7 @@
 # A shell script is used to try linking without unnecessary libraries.
 $(VIMTARGET): auto/config.mk objects $(OBJ) version.c version.h
 	$(CCC) version.c -o objects/version.o
+	@$(BUILD_DATE_MSG)
 	@LINK="$(PURIFY) $(SHRPENV) $(CClink) $(ALL_LIB_DIRS) $(LDFLAGS) \
 		-o $(VIMTARGET) $(OBJ) $(ALL_LIBS)" \
 		MAKE="$(MAKE)" LINK_AS_NEEDED=$(LINK_AS_NEEDED) \
diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index 516e45c..4c3ff32 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@
 XCODE_SELECT
 CPP_MM
 CROSS_COMPILING
+BUILD_DATE_MSG
 STRIP
 AWK
 FGREP
@@ -4455,6 +4456,17 @@
   fi
 fi
 
+if test -n "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"; then
+  DATE_FMT="%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S"
+  BUILD_DATE=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null || LC_ALL=C date -u -r "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null || LC_ALL=C date -u "+$DATE_FMT")
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define BUILD_DATE "$BUILD_DATE"
+_ACEOF
+
+  BUILD_DATE_MSG=-"echo -e '=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\nNOTE: build date/time is fixed: $BUILD_DATE\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-='"
+
+fi
+
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking --enable-fail-if-missing argument" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking --enable-fail-if-missing argument... " >&6; }
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index 5c8c7e5..7055b6f 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 /* Define when __DATE__ " " __TIME__ can be used */
 #undef HAVE_DATE_TIME
 
+/* Defined from $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, used as the build date */
+#undef BUILD_DATE
+
 /* Define when __attribute__((unused)) can be used */
 #undef HAVE_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
 
diff --git a/src/config.mk.in b/src/config.mk.in
index 1b5175b..f55bea6 100644
--- a/src/config.mk.in
+++ b/src/config.mk.in
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@
 MSGFMT		= @MSGFMT@
 MSGFMT_DESKTOP	= @MSGFMT_DESKTOP@
 
+### set if $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH was set when running configure
+BUILD_DATE_MSG	= @BUILD_DATE_MSG@
+
+
 # Make sure that "make first" will run "make all" once configure has done its
 # work.  This is needed when using the Makefile in the top directory.
 first: all
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index 6785180..dccf3dc 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@
   fi
 fi
 
+dnl If $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is present in the environment, use that as the
+dnl "compiled" timestamp in :version's output.  Attempt to get the formatted
+dnl date using GNU date syntax, BSD date syntax, and finally falling back to
+dnl just using the current time.
+if test -n "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"; then
+  DATE_FMT="%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S"
+  BUILD_DATE=$(LC_ALL=C date -u -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null || LC_ALL=C date -u -r "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" "+$DATE_FMT" 2>/dev/null || LC_ALL=C date -u "+$DATE_FMT")
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BUILD_DATE, ["$BUILD_DATE"])
+  BUILD_DATE_MSG=-"echo -e '=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\nNOTE: build date/time is fixed: $BUILD_DATE\n=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-='"
+  AC_SUBST(BUILD_DATE_MSG)
+fi
+
 dnl Check for the flag that fails if stuff are missing.
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(--enable-fail-if-missing argument)
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 5fca34b..e761c5d 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -44,9 +44,13 @@
      * VAX C can't concatenate strings in the preprocessor.
      */
     strcpy(longVersion, VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE);
+#ifdef BUILD_DATE
+    strcat(longVersion, BUILD_DATE);
+#else
     strcat(longVersion, __DATE__);
     strcat(longVersion, " ");
     strcat(longVersion, __TIME__);
+#endif
     strcat(longVersion, ")");
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +60,15 @@
 {
     if (longVersion == NULL)
     {
+#ifdef BUILD_DATE
+	char *date_time = BUILD_DATE;
+#else
+#ifdef BUILD_DATE
+	char *date_time = BUILD_DATE;
+#else
 	char *date_time = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
+#endif
+#endif
 	char *msg = _("%s (%s, compiled %s)");
 	size_t len = strlen(msg)
 		    + strlen(VIM_VERSION_LONG_ONLY)