diff --git a/pcp.changes b/pcp.changes
index c5aa9bb..c786d58 100644
--- a/pcp.changes
+++ b/pcp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar  7 11:48:47 UTC 2019 - Bernhard Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.com>
+
+- drop unreproducible perfevent_coverage program (boo#1040589)
+- override build date to make package build reproducible (boo#1047218)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 28 23:04:12 UTC 2019 - ddiss@suse.com
 
diff --git a/pcp.spec b/pcp.spec
index 449d79f..751f217 100644
--- a/pcp.spec
+++ b/pcp.spec
@@ -2129,6 +2129,7 @@ rm -Rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 # in case we're building without os-release (bsc#1123311)...
 export PACKAGE_DISTRIBUTION="suse"
 %endif
+export PACKAGE_BUILD_DATE=`date -u -r CHANGELOG +%Y-%m-%d`
 PCP_CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CCFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %configure \
    --with-tmpdir=%{_tempsdir} \
    --datarootdir=%{_datadir} \
@@ -2218,6 +2219,8 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/pmchart.desktop
 rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_pmdasdir}/lio
 %endif
 
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_localstatedir}/lib/pcp/testsuite/perfevent/perfevent_coverage # drop unreproducible file (boo#1040589)
+
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/pcp/webapps