diff --git a/src/bin/uudoc.rs b/src/bin/uudoc.rs
index c0f6643bea8..992526b2e17 100644
--- a/src/bin/uudoc.rs
+++ b/src/bin/uudoc.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use fluent_syntax::{
     },
     parser,
 };
-use jiff::Zoned;
+use jiff::{Timestamp, Zoned, tz::TimeZone};
 use regex::Regex;
 use textwrap::{fill, indent, termwidth};
 use zip::ZipArchive;
@@ -167,8 +167,15 @@ fn gen_manpage<T: Args>(
     // Convert to string for processing
     let manpage = String::from_utf8(buffer).expect("Invalid UTF-8 in manpage");
 
+    // Use `SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` for reproducible builds if set and valid; otherwise use the current time.
+    let now = std::env::var("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH")
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
+        .and_then(|s| Timestamp::new(s, 0).ok())
+        .map_or_else(Zoned::now, |t| t.to_zoned(TimeZone::UTC));
+
     // Post-process the manpage to fix mandoc lint issues
-    let date = Zoned::now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d").to_string();
+    let date = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d").to_string();
     let processed_manpage = post_process_manpage(manpage, &date);
 
     // Write the processed manpage to stdout
diff --git a/tests/uudoc/mod.rs b/tests/uudoc/mod.rs
index 4a96a532137..cf852c65794 100644
--- a/tests/uudoc/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/uudoc/mod.rs
@@ -174,3 +174,31 @@ fn test_markdown_header_format() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_source_date_epoch() {
+    let output = get_uudoc_command()
+        .arg("manpage")
+        .arg("ls")
+        .env("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH", "123456")
+        .output()
+        .expect("Failed to execute command");
+
+    assert!(
+        output.status.success(),
+        "Command failed with status: {}",
+        output.status
+    );
+    assert!(
+        output.stderr.is_empty(),
+        "stderr should be empty but got: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+    );
+
+    let output_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    let first_line = output_str
+        .lines()
+        .find(|line| line.starts_with(".TH"))
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(first_line, ".TH LS 1 \"1970-01-02\"");
+}