diff --git a/pkg/action/package.go b/pkg/action/package.go
index 1b7901f17..6fd968a56 100644
--- a/pkg/action/package.go
+++ b/pkg/action/package.go
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ type Package struct {
 	Destination      string
 	DependencyUpdate bool
 
+	// SourceDateEpoch, when non-nil, overrides all tar entry modification times
+	// in the produced chart archive. Set by callers that want reproducible builds.
+	// The environment variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is the conventional way to supply
+	// this value from the CLI; reading that variable is the CLI's responsibility.
+	SourceDateEpoch *time.Time
+
 	RepositoryConfig      string
 	RepositoryCache       string
 	PlainHTTP             bool
@@ -59,8 +65,6 @@ type Package struct {
 	KeyFile               string
 	CaFile                string
 	InsecureSkipTLSVerify bool
-	// SourceDateEpoch, when set, normalizes chart timestamps for reproducible archives.
-	SourceDateEpoch *time.Time
 }
 
 const (
@@ -128,6 +132,10 @@ func (p *Package) Run(path string, _ map[string]any) (string, error) {
 		dest = p.Destination
 	}
 
+	if p.SourceDateEpoch != nil {
+		stampModTimes(ch, *p.SourceDateEpoch)
+	}
+
 	name, err := chartutil.Save(ch, dest)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to save: %w", err)
@@ -261,3 +269,22 @@ func openPassphraseFile(passphraseFile string, stdin *os.File) (*os.File, error)
 	}
 	return os.Open(passphraseFile)
 }
+
+// stampModTimes recursively sets all file modification times in a chart to t.
+// This is used to produce reproducible archives when SourceDateEpoch is set.
+func stampModTimes(c *chart.Chart, t time.Time) {
+	c.ModTime = t
+	c.SchemaModTime = t
+	for _, f := range c.Raw {
+		f.ModTime = t
+	}
+	for _, f := range c.Templates {
+		f.ModTime = t
+	}
+	for _, f := range c.Files {
+		f.ModTime = t
+	}
+	for _, dep := range c.Dependencies() {
+		stampModTimes(dep, t)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/action/package_test.go b/pkg/action/package_test.go
index 9984b508a..8c6e720b3 100644
--- a/pkg/action/package_test.go
+++ b/pkg/action/package_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 package action
 
 import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -170,3 +174,56 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "empty-0.1.0.tgz", filename)
 	require.NoError(t, os.Remove(filename))
 }
+
+func TestRunWithSourceDateEpoch(t *testing.T) {
+	chartPath := "testdata/charts/chart-with-schema"
+	epoch := time.Unix(1700000000, 0)
+
+	client := NewPackage()
+	client.SourceDateEpoch = &epoch
+
+	filename, err := client.Run(chartPath, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Remove(filename) })
+
+	// All tar entry ModTimes must equal the epoch.
+	f, err := os.Open(filename)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	gr, err := gzip.NewReader(f)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer gr.Close()
+
+	tr := tar.NewReader(gr)
+	for {
+		hdr, err := tr.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, epoch, hdr.ModTime, "expected epoch ModTime for entry %s", hdr.Name)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunWithSourceDateEpochReproducible(t *testing.T) {
+	chartPath := "testdata/charts/chart-with-schema"
+	epoch := time.Unix(1700000000, 0)
+
+	build := func() []byte {
+		t.Helper()
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		client := NewPackage()
+		client.SourceDateEpoch = &epoch
+		client.Destination = dir
+		filename, err := client.Run(chartPath, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		return data
+	}
+
+	first := build()
+	second := build()
+	require.Equal(t, first, second, "two builds with the same SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH must be byte-identical")
+}