diff --git a/libinstaller/bin2c.pl b/libinstaller/bin2c.pl
index 07c11ddb..c79a506f 100755
--- a/libinstaller/bin2c.pl
+++ b/libinstaller/bin2c.pl
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@
 
 printf "\n};\n\nconst unsigned int %s_len = %u;\n", $table_name, $total_len;
 
-@st = stat STDIN;
-
-printf "\nconst int %s_mtime = %d;\n", $table_name, $st[9];
+if (defined $ENV{'SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'}) {
+    printf "\nconst int %s_mtime = %s;\n", $table_name, $ENV{'SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'};
+} else {
+    @st = stat STDIN;
+    printf "\nconst int %s_mtime = %d;\n", $table_name, $st[9];
+}
 
 exit 0;