diff --git a/target/imagebuilder/Makefile b/target/imagebuilder/Makefile
index a96f8618e8..e7954e96a4 100644
--- a/target/imagebuilder/Makefile
+++ b/target/imagebuilder/Makefile
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ endif
 		$(CP) -L $(LINUX_DIR)/arch/$(LINUX_KARCH)/boot/dts/* $(IB_DTSDIR); \
 	fi
 	$(SED) 's,^# REVISION:=.*,REVISION:=$(REVISION),g' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include/version.mk
+	$(SED) 's,^# SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:=.*,SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:=$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH),g' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include/version.mk
+	$(SED) '/LINUX_VERMAGIC:=/ { s,unknown,$(LINUX_VERMAGIC),g }' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include/kernel.mk
 	find $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) -name CVS -o -name .git -o -name .svn \
 	  | $(XARGS) rm -rf
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(IB_IDIR)