diff --git a/srcpkgs/autogen/template b/srcpkgs/autogen/template
index bef624ea3ac..19ac1718447 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/autogen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/autogen/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'autogen'.
 pkgname=autogen
 version=5.18.4
-revision=6
+revision=7
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ replaces="autogen-docs>=0 autogen-devel>=0"
 
 post_install() {
 	mv -v ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+
+	if [ "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" ]; then
+		# repackaging libopts to apply correct mtimes
+		mkdir libopts
+		tar xf $DESTDIR/usr/share/autogen/libopts-41.0.16.tar.gz -C libopts
+		find libopts -print0 | xargs -0 touch --date "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"
+		cd libopts
+		tar cf $DESTDIR/usr/share/autogen/libopts-41.0.16.tar.gz *
+	fi
 }
 
 libopts_package() {