diff --git a/neovim.changes b/neovim.changes
index 03cf13e..ae9aaa3 100644
--- a/neovim.changes
+++ b/neovim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Dec  3 21:23:18 UTC 2017 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- Make build result independent from build hostname and username
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 20 16:54:24 UTC 2017 - aavindraa@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/neovim.spec b/neovim.spec
index 8937304..8c80604 100644
--- a/neovim.spec
+++ b/neovim.spec
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ sed -i "s/__TIME__/\"$BUILD_TIME\"/" $(grep -rl '__TIME__')
 sed -i "s/__DATE__/\"$BUILD_DATE\"/" $(grep -rl '__DATE__')
 
 %build
+# set vars to make build reproducible in spite of config/CMakeLists.txt
+HOSTNAME=OBS
+USERNAME=OBS
 %cmake \
   -DLUA_PRG=%{_bindir}/lua \
   -DUSE_BUNDLED=OFF        \