diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b20291f8a..6af62d619 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ linux (4.1~rc3-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release candidate
 
+  [ Ben Hutchings ]
+  * linux-image: Fix timestamps in the built-in initramfs for reproducible
+    build
+
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Mon, 11 May 2015 16:19:42 +0100
 
 linux (4.0.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/patches/debian/uname-version-timestamp.patch b/debian/patches/debian/uname-version-timestamp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cd565c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/debian/uname-version-timestamp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+Subject: Make mkcompile_h accept an alternate timestamp string
+Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 19:29:22 +0100
+Forwarded: not-needed
+
+We want to include the Debian version in the utsname::version string
+instead of a full timestamp string.  However, we still need to provide
+a standard timestamp string for gen_initramfs_list.sh to make the
+kernel image reproducible.
+
+Make mkcompile_h use $KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION_TIMESTAMP in preference to
+$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP.
+
+--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
++++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
+@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ else
+ 	VERSION=$KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION
+ fi
+ 
+-if [ -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP" ]; then
+-	TIMESTAMP=`date`
++if [ -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION_TIMESTAMP" ]; then
++	if [ -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP" ]; then
++		TIMESTAMP=`date`
++	else
++		TIMESTAMP=$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
++	fi
+ else
+-	TIMESTAMP=$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
++	TIMESTAMP=$KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION_TIMESTAMP
+ fi
+ if test -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_USER"; then
+ 	LINUX_COMPILE_BY=$(whoami | sed 's/\\/\\\\/')
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 79a24e09e..4696d6342 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Changes to support package build system
 debian/version.patch
+debian/uname-version-timestamp.patch
 debian/kernelvariables.patch
 debian/gitignore.patch
 debian/ia64-hardcode-arch-script-output.patch
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index ac9da7baa..1052e9c98 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ endif
 MAINTAINER := $(shell sed -ne 's,^Maintainer: .[^<]*<\([^>]*\)>,\1,p' debian/control)
 DISTRIBUTION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -ne 's,^Distribution: ,,p')
 SOURCE_DATE := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -ne 's,^Date: ,,p')
+SOURCE_DATE_UTC_822 := $(shell date -u -d '$(SOURCE_DATE)' -R)
 SOURCE_DATE_UTC_ISO := $(shell date -u -d '$(SOURCE_DATE)' +%Y-%m-%d)
 
 DISTRIBUTOR := $(shell lsb_release -is 2>/dev/null)
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ include debian/rules.defs
 stamp = [ -d $(dir $@) ] || mkdir $(dir $@); touch $@
 
 setup_env := env -u ABINAME -u ARCH -u FEATURESET -u FLAVOUR -u VERSION -u LOCALVERSION
-setup_env += DISTRIBUTION_OFFICIAL_BUILD=1 DISTRIBUTOR="$(DISTRIBUTOR)" DISTRIBUTION_VERSION="$(SOURCEVERSION)" KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP="$(DISTRIBUTOR) $(SOURCEVERSION) ($(SOURCE_DATE_UTC_ISO))" KBUILD_BUILD_USER="$(word 1,$(subst @, ,$(MAINTAINER)))" KBUILD_BUILD_HOST="$(word 2,$(subst @, ,$(MAINTAINER)))"
+setup_env += DISTRIBUTION_OFFICIAL_BUILD=1 DISTRIBUTOR="$(DISTRIBUTOR)" DISTRIBUTION_VERSION="$(SOURCEVERSION)" KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP="$(SOURCE_DATE_UTC_822)" KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION_TIMESTAMP="$(DISTRIBUTOR) $(SOURCEVERSION) ($(SOURCE_DATE_UTC_ISO))" KBUILD_BUILD_USER="$(word 1,$(subst @, ,$(MAINTAINER)))" KBUILD_BUILD_HOST="$(word 2,$(subst @, ,$(MAINTAINER)))"
 
 MAKE_CLEAN = $(setup_env) $(MAKE)
 MAKE_SELF := $(MAKE) -f debian/rules.real $(MAKEOVERRIDES)