diff --git a/arprec.spec b/arprec.spec
index 31244b5..839a563 100644
--- a/arprec.spec
+++ b/arprec.spec
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ series.
 cp -a %{SOURCE1} .
 
 # Create an user-friendly ascii-text from original .doc-license.
-catdoc -d utf-8 %{SOURCE1} | sed -e 's!\f!!g' > BSD-LBNL-License.txt
+catdoc -d utf-8 %{SOURCE1} | sed -e 's!\f!!g' > BSD-LBNL-License.txt &&				\
+touch -r %{SOURCE1} BSD-LBNL-License.txt
 
 # Remove some unneeded and obsoleted files.
 find . -depth -name '._*' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ make check ||:
 
 %changelog
 * Sat Dec 21 2013 Björn Esser <bjoern.esser@gmail.com> - 2.2.17-2
+- set timestamp for BSD-LBNL-License.txt from %%{SOURCE1}
 - added conditional for %check-target to be present on el5, only
 - whitespace cleanup