diff --git a/gnu/packages/image.scm b/gnu/packages/image.scm
index 43dc7e6d4c..3f8b520aec 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/image.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/image.scm
@@ -1148,7 +1148,8 @@ (define-public libjpeg-turbo
     (native-inputs
      `(("nasm" ,nasm)))
     (arguments
-     '(#:test-target "test"))
+     '(#:test-target "test"
+       #:configure-flags (list "--with-build-date=1970-01-01")))
     (home-page "http://www.libjpeg-turbo.org/")
     (synopsis "SIMD-accelerated JPEG image handling library")
     (description "libjpeg-turbo is a JPEG image codec that accelerates baseline