diff --git a/mesonpy-reproducible.patch b/mesonpy-reproducible.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..286c0fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mesonpy-reproducible.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Authors: code@bnavigator.de, bwiedemann@suse.com
+Ref: https://github.com/openSUSE/python-rpm-macros/issues/182
+Ref: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python/issues/671
+
+Reproducible builds require a deterministic build path.
+Use the python-rpm-macros shuffled build directory.
+
+
+Index: meson_python-0.16.0/mesonpy/__init__.py
+===================================================================
+--- meson_python-0.16.0.orig/mesonpy/__init__.py
++++ meson_python-0.16.0/mesonpy/__init__.py
+@@ -943,7 +943,10 @@ def _project(config_settings: Optional[D
+ 
+     with contextlib.ExitStack() as ctx:
+         if build_dir is None:
+-            build_dir = ctx.enter_context(tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='.mesonpy-', dir=source_dir))
++            if(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH')):
++                build_dir = pathlib.Path(source_dir) / 'build'
++            else:
++                build_dir = ctx.enter_context(tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='.mesonpy-', dir=source_dir))
+         yield Project(source_dir, build_dir, meson_args, editable_verbose)
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/python-meson-python.changes b/python-meson-python.changes
index 0a7a901..58dba6f 100644
--- a/python-meson-python.changes
+++ b/python-meson-python.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Sep 29 11:22:59 UTC 2024 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Add mesonpy-reproducible.patch gh#openSUSE/python-rpm-macros#182
+  initiated by Bernhard Wiedemann @bmwiedemann
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 22 04:20:32 UTC 2024 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-meson-python.spec b/python-meson-python.spec
index cd8de69..71169ac 100644
--- a/python-meson-python.spec
+++ b/python-meson-python.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ URL:            https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/m/meson_python/meson_python-%{version}.tar.gz
 # PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE mesonpy-trim-deps.patch code@bnavigator.de
 Patch11:        mesonpy-trim-deps.patch
+# PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE mesonpy-reproducible.patch gh#openSUSE/python-rpm-macros#182
+Patch12:        mesonpy-reproducible.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.7}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module packaging >= 0.19}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pyproject-metadata >= 0.7.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module tomli >= 1.0.0 if %python-base < 3.11}
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  meson >= 1.2.3
 BuildRequires:  ninja
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
+Requires:       python-packaging >= 0.19
 Requires:       python-pyproject-metadata >= 0.7.1
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if 0%{python_version_nodots} >= 312
@@ -76,7 +80,10 @@ modules implemented in languages such as C, C++, Cython, Fortran, Pythran, or Ru
 %check
 # test suite path issues
 donttest="test_vendored_meson"
-%pytest -k "not ($donttest)"
+%{python_expand # clear test builds
+find tests -name build -type d -prune -print -exec rm -r {} +
+$python -m pytest -v -k "not ($donttest)"
+}
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE