diff --git a/meta/classes/dpkg.bbclass b/meta/classes/dpkg.bbclass
index 3fa9f604..0e25eb76 100644
--- a/meta/classes/dpkg.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/dpkg.bbclass
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dpkg_runbuild() {
         # Filter some standard variables
         echo ${line} | grep -q "^HOME=" && continue
         echo ${line} | grep -q "^PWD=" && continue
+        echo ${line} | grep -q "^SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=" && continue
 
         var=$(echo "${line}" | cut -d '=' -f1)
         value=$(echo "${line}" | cut -d '=' -f2-)