diff --git a/waflib/Scripting.py b/waflib/Scripting.py
index da83a216..a80cb367 100644
--- a/waflib/Scripting.py
+++ b/waflib/Scripting.py
@@ -388,7 +388,11 @@ class Dist(Context.Context):
 
 			for x in files:
 				archive_name = self.get_base_name() + '/' + x.path_from(self.base_path)
-				zip.write(x.abspath(), archive_name, zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+				if os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'):
+					# TODO: parse that timestamp
+					zip.writestr(zipfile.ZipInfo(archive_name), x.read(), zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+				else:
+					zip.write(x.abspath(), archive_name, zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
 			zip.close()
 		else:
 			self.fatal('Valid algo types are tar.bz2, tar.gz, tar.xz or zip')
@@ -425,6 +429,8 @@ class Dist(Context.Context):
 		tinfo.gid   = 0
 		tinfo.uname = 'root'
 		tinfo.gname = 'root'
+		if os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'):
+			tinfo.mtime = int(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'))
 
 		if os.path.isfile(p):
 			with open(p, 'rb') as f:
diff --git a/waflib/extras/distnet.py b/waflib/extras/distnet.py
index ff3ed8e1..8084b156 100644
--- a/waflib/extras/distnet.py
+++ b/waflib/extras/distnet.py
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ class package(Context.Context):
 				tarinfo.uid   = tarinfo.gid   = 0
 				tarinfo.uname = tarinfo.gname = 'root'
 				tarinfo.size = os.stat(x).st_size
+				if os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'):
+					tarinfo.mtime = int(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'))
 
 				# TODO - more archive creation options?
 				if kw.get('bare', True):
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index c7791cb8..59f23446 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ def create_waf(self, *k, **kw):
 			tarinfo = tarfile.TarInfo(x)
 		tarinfo.uid   = tarinfo.gid   = 0
 		tarinfo.uname = tarinfo.gname = 'root'
+		if os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'):
+			tarinfo.mtime = int(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH'))
 		(code, size, cnt) = sfilter(x)
 		tarinfo.size = size