diff --git a/package/network/services/openvpn/patches/001-reproducible-remove_DATE.patch b/package/network/services/openvpn/patches/001-reproducible-remove_DATE.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ceef6f0ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/network/services/openvpn/patches/001-reproducible-remove_DATE.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/src/openvpn/options.c
++++ b/src/openvpn/options.c
+@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ const char title_string[] =
+   " [MH]"
+ #endif
+   " [IPv6]"
+-  " built on " __DATE__
+ ;
+ 
+ #ifndef ENABLE_SMALL