diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 32f3fd5..dc776ac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ DOC_DEB=${DOC_PACKAGE}_${DOCRELEASE}-${PKGREL}_all.deb
 MEDIAWIKI_DEB=${MEDIAWIKI_PACKAGE}_${DOCRELEASE}-${PKGREL}_all.deb
 DOC_BUILDDEPS := asciidoc-dblatex, source-highlight, librsvg2-bin
 
+export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH ?= $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -STimestamp)
+SOURCE_DATE_HUMAN := $(shell date -d "@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}")
 
 all: index.html
 
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ INDEX_INCLUDES=								\
 	man8-index-table.adoc						\
 	$(sort $(addsuffix .html, ${MANUAL_PAGES}) ${CHAPTER_LIST})
 
-ADOC_STDARG=-b $(shell pwd)/asciidoc/pve-html -f asciidoc/asciidoc-pve.conf -a icons -a data-uri -a "date=$(shell date)" -a "revnumber=${DOCRELEASE}"
+ADOC_STDARG=-b $(shell pwd)/asciidoc/pve-html -f asciidoc/asciidoc-pve.conf -a icons -a data-uri -a "date=${SOURCE_DATE_HUMAN}" -a "revnumber=${DOCRELEASE}" -a footer-style=revdate
 
 BROWSER?=xdg-open
 
diff --git a/asciidoc-pve.in b/asciidoc-pve.in
index 83f59eb..70848ca 100644
--- a/asciidoc-pve.in
+++ b/asciidoc-pve.in
@@ -300,7 +300,12 @@ sub compile_asciidoc {
 
     $leveloffset = - $doctype;
 
-    my $date = `date`;
+    my $date;
+    if (defined($ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH})) {
+	$date = `date -d "\@$ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}"`;
+    } else {
+	$date = `date`;
+    }
     chomp $date;
 
     my $attributes = {
@@ -308,6 +313,7 @@ sub compile_asciidoc {
 	leveloffset => $leveloffset,
 	revnumber => $release,
 	revdate => $date,
+	'footer-style' => 'revdate',
     };
 
     my $mansection = $fileinfo->{mansection}->{$env}->{$infile};