diff --git a/gradle-plugins/src/main/java/com/linkedin/pegasus/gradle/PegasusPlugin.java b/gradle-plugins/src/main/java/com/linkedin/pegasus/gradle/PegasusPlugin.java
index 898ef34393..f2187bcefb 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/src/main/java/com/linkedin/pegasus/gradle/PegasusPlugin.java
+++ b/gradle-plugins/src/main/java/com/linkedin/pegasus/gradle/PegasusPlugin.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSetContainer;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Sync;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.javadoc.Javadoc;
@@ -1831,6 +1832,13 @@ protected GenerateDataTemplateTask configureDataTemplateGeneration(Project proje
     // FIXME change to #getArchiveFile(); breaks backwards-compatibility before 5.1
     project.getDependencies().add(compileConfigName, project.files(dataTemplateJarTask.getArchivePath()));
 
+    // make pegasus artifacts reproducible
+    // see https://docs.gradle.org/6.8.3/userguide/working_with_files.html#sec:reproducible_archives
+    project.getTasks().withType(AbstractArchiveTask.class).configureEach(task -> {
+      task.setPreserveFileTimestamps(false);
+      task.setReproducibleFileOrder(true);
+    });
+
     project.getPlugins().withType(IvyPublishPlugin.class, ivyPublish -> {
       if (!isAtLeastGradle61()) {
         throw new GradleException("Using the ivy-publish plugin with the pegasus plugin requires Gradle 6.1 or higher " +