diff --git a/hdf5-buildcompare.patch b/hdf5-buildcompare.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5afef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hdf5-buildcompare.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+---
+ src/H5detect.c          |   12 ------------
+ src/libhdf5.settings.in |    3 ---
+ 2 files changed, 15 deletions(-)
+
+Index: hdf5-1.8.15/src/H5detect.c
+===================================================================
+--- hdf5-1.8.15.orig/src/H5detect.c
++++ hdf5-1.8.15/src/H5detect.c
+@@ -1308,18 +1308,6 @@ bit.\n";
+     printf("/* Generated automatically by H5detect -- do not edit */\n\n\n");
+     HDputs(FileHeader);		/*the copyright notice--see top of this file */
+ 
+-    printf(" *\n * Created:\t\t%s %2d, %4d\n",
+-	   month_name[tm->tm_mon], tm->tm_mday, 1900 + tm->tm_year);
+-    if (pwd || real_name[0] || host_name[0]) {
+-	printf(" *\t\t\t");
+-	if (real_name[0]) printf("%s <", real_name);
+-#ifdef H5_HAVE_GETPWUID
+-	if (pwd) HDfputs(pwd->pw_name, stdout);
+-#endif
+-	if (host_name[0]) printf("@%s", host_name);
+-	if (real_name[0]) printf(">");
+-	HDputchar('\n');
+-    }
+     printf(" *\n * Purpose:\t\t");
+     for (s = purpose; *s; s++) {
+ 	HDputchar(*s);
+Index: hdf5-1.8.15/src/libhdf5.settings.in
+===================================================================
+--- hdf5-1.8.15.orig/src/libhdf5.settings.in
++++ hdf5-1.8.15/src/libhdf5.settings.in
+@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@
+ General Information:
+ -------------------
+ 		   HDF5 Version: @H5_VERSION@
+-		  Configured on: @CONFIG_DATE@
+-		  Configured by: @CONFIG_USER@
+ 		 Configure mode: @CONFIG_MODE@
+ 		    Host system: @host_cpu@-@host_vendor@-@host_os@
+-	      Uname information: @UNAME_INFO@
+ 		       Byte sex: @BYTESEX@
+ 		      Libraries: @STATIC_SHARED@
+ 	     Installation point: @prefix@
diff --git a/hdf5.changes b/hdf5.changes
index d033a78..8cc178a 100644
--- a/hdf5.changes
+++ b/hdf5.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar  7 14:35:44 UTC 2016 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Remove timestamps from binaries
+  hdf5-buildcompare.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 28 00:08:01 UTC 2016 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/hdf5.spec b/hdf5.spec
index 15f91b8..c489bdc 100644
--- a/hdf5.spec
+++ b/hdf5.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package hdf5
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Patch2:         hdf5-1.8.11-abort_unknown_host_config.patch
 Patch4:         hdf5-1.8.10-tests-arm.patch
 %endif
 Patch5:         hdf5-ldouble-ppc64le.patch
+Patch6:         hdf5-buildcompare.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
@@ -541,6 +542,7 @@ test "%{sonum}" = "${LT_VERS_INTERFACE}" || exit 1
 %patch4 -p0 -b .tests-arm
 %endif
 %patch5 -p1
+%patch6 -p1
 
 echo "prepare parallel builds: %_mpi"
 for build_dir in build %_mpi; do