diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1749fe8..c510630 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+live-build (1:20171207) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Use $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH when updating timestamps of manual pages in order
+    to make the package reproducible at build time. Closes: #879169
+    Thanks to Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> for the patch.
+  * Accept kernels without initrd. Closes: #878430
+    Thanks to Balint Reczey <balint.reczey@canonical.com> for the patch.
+  * Fix the way the .disk/mkisofs file is created. Closes: #881941
+    Thanks to Daniel Reichelt <debian@nachtgeist.net> for the patch.
+
+ -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>  Thu, 07 Dec 2017 20:29:59 +0100
+
 live-build (1:20170920kali1) kali-dev; urgency=medium
 
   * Synchronize with Debian. Remaining changes:
diff --git a/manpages/bin/update-version.sh b/manpages/bin/update-version.sh
index d1d6994..53c440b 100755
--- a/manpages/bin/update-version.sh
+++ b/manpages/bin/update-version.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 PROGRAM="LIVE\\\-BUILD"
 VERSION="$(cd .. && dpkg-parsechangelog -S Version)"
 
-DATE="$(LC_ALL=C date +%Y\\\\-%m\\\\-%d)"
+DATE="$(LC_ALL=C date --utc --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}" +%Y\\\\-%m\\\\-%d)"
 
-DAY="$(LC_ALL=C date +%d)"
-MONTH="$(LC_ALL=C date +%m)"
-YEAR="$(LC_ALL=C date +%Y)"
+DAY="$(LC_ALL=C date --utc --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}" +%d)"
+MONTH="$(LC_ALL=C date --utc --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}" +%m)"
+YEAR="$(LC_ALL=C date --utc --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}" +%Y)"
 
 echo "Updating version headers..."
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/binary_iso b/scripts/build/binary_iso
index f477efd..7955bcd 100755
--- a/scripts/build/binary_iso
+++ b/scripts/build/binary_iso
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@
 cat >> binary.sh << EOF
 
 mkdir -p binary/.disk
-echo "xorriso -as mkisofs ${XORRISO_OPTIONS} -o ${IMAGE} binary" > binary/.disk/mkisofs
+xorriso -as mkisofs ${XORRISO_OPTIONS} -o ${IMAGE} binary
+EOF
+
+# retain the xorriso command used to create the image in the image itself
+cat <<-EOF >binary/.disk/mkisofs
 xorriso -as mkisofs ${XORRISO_OPTIONS} -o ${IMAGE} binary
 EOF
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/binary_linux-image b/scripts/build/binary_linux-image
index 6227a24..12a6304 100755
--- a/scripts/build/binary_linux-image
+++ b/scripts/build/binary_linux-image
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 # Installing linux-image
 cp chroot/boot/"${LINUX}"-* "${DESTDIR}"
-cp chroot/boot/initrd.img-* "${DESTDIR}"
+cp chroot/boot/initrd.img-* "${DESTDIR}" 2>&1 || Echo_message "Skip installing missing initrd."
 
 case "${LB_INITRAMFS}" in
 	live-boot)