diff --git a/man.changes b/man.changes
index e8eeac6..622fbe6 100644
--- a/man.changes
+++ b/man.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 21 15:04:48 UTC 2016 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- Add reproducible.patch to fix build-compare (bnc#971922)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun  8 08:31:52 UTC 2015 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/man.spec b/man.spec
index b876e73..c1e951f 100644
--- a/man.spec
+++ b/man.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package man
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products 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
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Patch9:         man-db-2.7.1-zio.dif
 Patch10:        man-db-2.6.3-listall.dif
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE Fixes the documentation for bnc#786679
 Patch11:        man-MAN_POSIXLY_CORRECT-man1.dif
+# PATCH-FIX-SUSE Fixes build-compare bnc#971922
+Patch12:        reproducible.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %global         _sysconfdir /etc
 %global         _has_tmpfiled  %(rpm -q -f /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d | grep -c filesystem)
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch10 -p0 -b .listall
 %patch0  -p0 -b .0
 %patch11 -p0
+%patch12 -p1
 
 %build
     gettextize --force --copy --no-changelog
diff --git a/reproducible.patch b/reproducible.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7ecd61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reproducible.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: man-db-2.7.1/manual/man_db.me
+===================================================================
+--- man-db-2.7.1.orig/manual/man_db.me
++++ man-db-2.7.1/manual/man_db.me
+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
+ .\" Thu Sep 21 19:22:47 BST 1995  Wilf. (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk) 
+ .\"
+ .so version
++.ds td -
+ .ds U \s-1\fBUNIX\fR\s+1
+ .ds N \s-1\fBNROFF\fR\s+1
+ .ds T \s-1\fBTROFF\fR\s+1