diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables/0001-configure.ac-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables/0001-configure.ac-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d2f9c0dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables/0001-configure.ac-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 77de073b1cc7413b1d230995851338345d56a8f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Yi Zhao <yi.zhao@windriver.com>
+Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 15:52:29 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] configure.ac: set MAKE_STAMP to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+
+If SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set, use it to set MAKE_STAMP instead of the
+current time.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
+
+Signed-off-by: Yi Zhao <yi.zhao@windriver.com>
+---
+ configure.ac | 5 ++++-
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 6825474..2b147af 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -165,7 +165,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([nftversion.h], [
+ ])
+ # Current date should be fetched exactly once per build,
+ # so have 'make' call date and pass the value to every 'gcc' call
+-AC_SUBST([MAKE_STAMP], ["\$(shell date +%s)"])
++AS_IF([test -n "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"],
++	[MAKE_STAMP="$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"],
++	[MAKE_STAMP='$(shell date +%s)'])
++AC_SUBST([MAKE_STAMP])
+ 
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE([distcheck],
+ 	      AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-distcheck], [Build for distcheck]),
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.1.6.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.1.6.bb
index d27e60a18d..5ab31f9b0c 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/nftables/nftables_1.1.6.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ DEPENDS = "libmnl libnftnl bison-native \
            ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'mini-gmp', '', 'gmp', d)}"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${BP}.tar.xz \
+           file://0001-configure.ac-set-MAKE_STAMP-to-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch \
            file://run-ptest \
           "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "372931bda8556b310636a2f9020adc710f9bab66f47efe0ce90bff800ac2530c"