diff --git a/cpio.changes b/cpio.changes
index e7fed89..86338ff 100644
--- a/cpio.changes
+++ b/cpio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 26 19:51:04 UTC 2018 - Bernhard Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.com>
+
+- Use gettextize --no-changelog to drop build date
+  to make package build reproducible (boo#1047218)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 14 08:33:28 UTC 2018 - Martin Pluskal <mpluskal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/cpio.spec b/cpio.spec
index b43b95f..6add794 100644
--- a/cpio.spec
+++ b/cpio.spec
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ This package includes the 'mt', a local tape drive control program.
 %patch27 -p1
 
 %build
-gettextize -f
+gettextize -f --no-changelog
 autoreconf -fiv
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE"
 %configure \