diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 48103ca..2a76731 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ dependencies {
 // Java handling
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+// To force the build produce the same byte-for-byte archives and hence make Hibernate Models build reproducible.
+// See also https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/working_with_files.html#sec:reproducible_archives
+tasks.withType(AbstractArchiveTask).configureEach {
+	preserveFileTimestamps = false
+	reproducibleFileOrder = true
+}
+
 java {
 	sourceCompatibility = jdks.versions.baseline.get() as int
 	targetCompatibility = jdks.versions.baseline.get() as int
@@ -108,4 +115,4 @@ jacocoTestReport {
 
 tasks.named( "check" ) {
 	dependsOn jacocoReportTask
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}