diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8acbe58655..9e588dae7d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_REPRODUCIBLE),y)
 export TZ=UTC
 export LANG=C
 export LC_ALL=C
+export GZIP = -n
 BR2_VERSION_GIT_EPOCH = $(shell GIT_DIR=$(TOPDIR)/.git $(GIT) log -1 --format=%at)
 export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH = $(if $(wildcard $(TOPDIR)/.git),$(BR2_VERSION_GIT_EPOCH),$(BR2_VERSION_EPOCH))
 endif