--- /dev/null
+Index: mtd-utils-1.5.2/mkfs.jffs2.c
+===================================================================
+--- mtd-utils-1.5.2.orig/mkfs.jffs2.c
++++ mtd-utils-1.5.2/mkfs.jffs2.c
+@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static char *rootdir = default_rootdir;
+ static int verbose = 0;
+ static int squash_uids = 0;
+ static int squash_perms = 0;
+-static int fake_times = 0;
++static time_t fixed_timestamp = -1;
+ int target_endian = __BYTE_ORDER;
+
+ uint32_t find_hardlink(struct filesystem_entry *e)
+@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ static struct filesystem_entry *add_host
+ mode &= ~(S_ISUID | S_ISGID);
+ }
+ }
+- if (fake_times) {
+- timestamp = 0;
++ if (fixed_timestamp != -1) {
++ timestamp = fixed_timestamp;
+ }
+
+ entry = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct filesystem_entry));
+@@ -1554,6 +1554,20 @@ void parse_image(){
+ close(in_fd);
+ }
+
++static void set_source_date_epoch() {
++ char *env = getenv("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH");
++ char *endptr = env;
++ errno = 0;
++ if (env && *env) {
++ fixed_timestamp = strtoull(env, &endptr, 10);
++ if (errno || (endptr && *endptr != '\0')) {
++ fprintf(stderr, "Invalid SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH");
++ exit(1);
++ }
++ }
++}
++
++
+ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+ int c, opt;
+@@ -1572,6 +1586,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ warn_page_size = 1; /* warn user if page size not 4096 */
+
+ jffs2_compressors_init();
++ set_source_date_epoch();
+
+ while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv,
+ "D:d:r:s:o:qUPfh?vVe:lbp::nc:m:x:X:Lty:i:", long_options, &c)) >= 0)
+@@ -1622,7 +1637,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ break;
+
+ case 'f':
+- fake_times = 1;
++ fixed_timestamp = 0;
+ break;
+
+ case 'h':