diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pahole/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pahole/default.nix
index 03b2a194d6397..8b8d4e8c6e2f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pahole/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pahole/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     musl-obstack
   ];
 
+  patches = [ ./threading-reproducibility.patch ];
+
   # Put libraries in "lib" subdirectory, not top level of $out
   cmakeFlags = [ "-D__LIB=lib" "-DLIBBPF_EMBEDDED=OFF" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pahole/threading-reproducibility.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pahole/threading-reproducibility.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..15893ce2d035c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/pahole/threading-reproducibility.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/pahole.c b/pahole.c
+index 6fc4ed6..a4e306f 100644
+--- a/pahole.c
++++ b/pahole.c
+@@ -1687,8 +1687,11 @@ static error_t pahole__options_parser(int key, char *arg,
+ 		  class_name = arg;			break;
+ 	case 'j':
+ #if _ELFUTILS_PREREQ(0, 178)
+-		  conf_load.nr_jobs = arg ? atoi(arg) :
+-					    sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) * 1.1;
++		  // Force single thread if reproducibility is desirable.
++		  if (!getenv("SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH")) {
++			  conf_load.nr_jobs = arg ? atoi(arg) :
++						    sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) * 1.1;
++		  }
+ #else
+ 		  fputs("pahole: Multithreading requires elfutils >= 0.178. Continuing with a single thread...\n", stderr);
+ #endif