diff --git a/Shorewall-core/configure b/Shorewall-core/configure
index e5d9b9a0e..6af9121bc 100755
--- a/Shorewall-core/configure
+++ b/Shorewall-core/configure
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ for p in ${!params[@]}; do
 done
 
 echo '#'                                                                 > shorewallrc
-echo "# Created by Shorewall Core version $VERSION configure - " `date` >> shorewallrc
+echo "# Created by Shorewall Core version $VERSION configure - " `date --utc --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}"` >> shorewallrc
 echo "# rc file: $rcfile"                                               >> shorewallrc
 echo '#'                                                                >> shorewallrc