diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index a724645..6846d60 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -691,7 +691,13 @@
 
 	if [ ${MODULE_TARBALL_DEPLOY} = "1" ] && (grep -q -i -e '^CONFIG_MODULES=y$' .config); then
 		mkdir -p ${D}${root_prefix}/lib
-		tar -cvzf $deployDir/modules-${MODULE_TARBALL_NAME}.tgz -C ${D}${root_prefix} lib
+		if [ -n "${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" ]; then
+			TAR_ARGS="--sort=name --clamp-mtime --mtime=@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}"
+		else
+			TAR_ARGS=""
+		fi
+		tar $TAR_ARGS -cv -C ${D}${root_prefix} lib | gzip -9n > $deployDir/modules-${MODULE_TARBALL_NAME}.tgz
+
 		ln -sf modules-${MODULE_TARBALL_NAME}.tgz $deployDir/modules-${MODULE_TARBALL_LINK_NAME}.tgz
 	fi