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diff --git a/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm b/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm
index da6b31c326..8636931ed9 100644
--- a/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm
+++ b/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ working directory."
(begin
(mkdir "source")
(chdir "source")
- (copy-recursively source ".")
+
+ ;; Preserve timestamps (set to the Epoch) on the copied tree so that
+ ;; things work deterministically.
+ (copy-recursively source "."
+ #:keep-mtime? #t)
#t)
(and (zero? (system* "tar" "xvf" source))
(chdir (first-subdirectory ".")))))