diff --git a/syncthing.changes b/syncthing.changes
index 55e1a98..11cc92d 100644
--- a/syncthing.changes
+++ b/syncthing.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  1 14:18:59 UTC 2018 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- Override BUILD_HOST to make build reproducible
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 11 22:24:55 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/syncthing.spec b/syncthing.spec
index 20847d5..ef80a1e 100644
--- a/syncthing.spec
+++ b/syncthing.spec
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ sed -i '/^RestartForceExitStatus=/d;s/^\(SuccessExitStatus=\).*$/\12/' \
 %endif
 
 %build
+export BUILD_HOST=openSUSE
 mkdir -p build/src/ build/vendor/
 export GOPATH="$PWD/build:$PWD/build/vendor"