diff --git a/srcpkgs/busybox/template b/srcpkgs/busybox/template
index e5472598e75..e9534ad0e10 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/busybox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/busybox/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Build template for 'busybox'.
 pkgname=busybox
 version=1.24.1
-revision=3
+revision=4
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 short_desc="The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ _cflags() {
 	echo "$c"
 }
 
-pre_build() {
+do_configure() {
 	mkdir -p src
 	mv * src || true
 
@@ -49,9 +49,15 @@ pre_build() {
 				"s,\(CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX\).*,\1=\"${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}-\",g" \
 				-i ${t}/.config
 		fi
-		#make -C $t oldconfig
+		make -C $t prepare ${makejobs}
 	done
+	if [ "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" ]; then
+		# rewrite date with the one from the date wrapper.
+		d=$(date +"%F %T %Z")
+		sed -i "s/\(#define AUTOCONF_TIMESTAMP\).*/\1 \"$d\"/" */include/autoconf.h
+	fi
 }
+
 do_build() {
 	local t
 	for t in busybox busybox-static; do