diff --git a/.circleci/bash_env.sh b/.circleci/bash_env.sh
index 8e19111654..f644a8b390 100644
--- a/.circleci/bash_env.sh
+++ b/.circleci/bash_env.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ export GIT_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 export GIT_COMMIT_YEAR=$(git show -s --format=%cd --date=format:%Y HEAD)
 export GIT_DIRTY=$(test -n "`git status --porcelain`" && echo "+CHANGES" || true)
 export GIT_IMPORT=github.com/hashicorp/consul/version
-export GOLDFLAGS="-X ${GIT_IMPORT}.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}${GIT_DIRTY}"
+export GIT_DATE=$("${CIRCLE_WORKING_DIRECTORY}/build-support/scripts/build-date.sh") # we're using this for build date because it's stable across platform builds
+export GOLDFLAGS="-X ${GIT_IMPORT}.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}${GIT_DIRTY} -X $(GIT_IMPORT).BuildDate=$(GIT_DATE)"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index cb0e6ee075..654fb7c960 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       product-version: ${{ steps.get-product-version.outputs.product-version }}
+      product-date: ${{ steps.get-product-version.outputs.product-date }}
       pre-version: ${{ steps.get-product-version.outputs.pre-version }}
       pkg-version: ${{ steps.get-product-version.outputs.pkg-version }}
       shared-ldflags: ${{ steps.shared-ldflags.outputs.shared-ldflags }}
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         id: get-product-version
         run: |
           CONSUL_VERSION=$(build-support/scripts/version.sh -r)
+          CONSUL_DATE=$(build-support/scripts/build-date.sh -r)
           ## TODO: This assumes `make version` outputs 1.1.1+ent-prerel
           IFS="+" read VERSION _other <<< "$CONSUL_VERSION"
           IFS="-" read _other PREREL_VERSION <<< "$CONSUL_VERSION"
@@ -32,12 +34,15 @@ jobs:
           ##       [version]{-prerelease}+ent before then, we'll need to add
           ##       logic to handle presense/absence of the prerelease
           echo "::set-output name=product-version::${CONSUL_VERSION}"
+          echo "::set-output name=product-date::${CONSUL_DATE}"
           echo "::set-output name=pre-version::${PREREL_VERSION}"
           echo "::set-output name=pkg-version::${VERSION}"
 
       - name: Set shared -ldflags
         id: shared-ldflags
-        run: echo "::set-output name=shared-ldflags::-X github.com/hashicorp/consul/version.GitCommit=${GITHUB_SHA::8} -X github.com/hashicorp/consul/version.GitDescribe=${{ steps.get-product-version.outputs.product-version }}"
+        run: |
+          T="github.com/hashicorp/consul/version"
+          echo "::set-output name=shared-ldflags::-X ${T}.GitCommit=${GITHUB_SHA::8} -X ${T}.GitDescribe=${{ steps.get-product-version.outputs.product-version }} -X ${T}.BuildDate=${{ steps.get-product-version.outputs.product-date }}"
 
   generate-metadata-file:
     needs: get-product-version
diff --git a/build-support/functions/10-util.sh b/build-support/functions/10-util.sh
index 6a5f7282d1..e9a6837bab 100644
--- a/build-support/functions/10-util.sh
+++ b/build-support/functions/10-util.sh
@@ -274,6 +274,42 @@ function git_branch {
    return ${ret}
 }
 
+
+function git_date {
+   # Arguments:
+   #   $1 - Path to the git repo (optional - assumes pwd is git repo otherwise)
+   #
+   # Returns:
+   #   0 - success
+   #   * - failure
+   #
+   # Notes:
+   #   Echos the date of the last git commit in
+
+   local gdir="$(pwd)"
+   if test -d "$1"
+   then
+      gdir="$1"
+   fi
+
+   pushd "${gdir}" > /dev/null
+
+   local ret=0
+
+   # it's tricky to do an RFC3339 format in a cross platform way, so we hardcode UTC
+   local date_format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
+   # we're using this for build date because it's stable across platform builds
+   local date=$(git show -s --format=%cd --date=format:"$date_format" HEAD)
+
+   ##local head="$(git status -b --porcelain=v2 | awk '{if ($1 == "#" && $2 =="branch.head") { print $3 }}')" || ret=1
+
+   popd > /dev/null
+
+   test ${ret} -eq 0 && echo "$date"
+   return ${ret}
+}
+
+
 function is_git_clean {
    # Arguments:
    #   $1 - Path to git repo
@@ -325,7 +361,8 @@ function update_git_env {
    export GIT_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
    export GIT_DIRTY=$(test -n "$(git status --porcelain)" && echo "+CHANGES")
    export GIT_IMPORT=github.com/hashicorp/consul/version
-   export GOLDFLAGS="-X ${GIT_IMPORT}.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}${GIT_DIRTY}"
+   export GIT_DATE=$(git_date "$1")
+   export GOLDFLAGS="-X ${GIT_IMPORT}.GitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}${GIT_DIRTY} -X ${T}.BuildDate=${GIT_DATE}"
    return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/build-support/scripts/build-date.sh b/build-support/scripts/build-date.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..54b02fced7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-support/scripts/build-date.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})"
+pushd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}) > /dev/null
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(pwd)
+pushd ../.. > /dev/null
+SOURCE_DIR=$(pwd)
+popd > /dev/null
+pushd ../functions > /dev/null
+FN_DIR=$(pwd)
+popd > /dev/null
+popd > /dev/null
+
+source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/functions.sh"
+
+function usage {
+cat <<-EOF
+Usage: ${SCRIPT_NAME}  [<options ...>]
+
+Description:
+
+   This script uses the date of the last checkin on the branch as the build date. This
+   is to make the date consistent across the various platforms we build on, even if they
+   start at different times. In practice this is the commit where the version string is set.
+
+Options:
+   -s | --source     DIR         Path to source to build.
+                                 Defaults to "${SOURCE_DIR}"
+
+EOF
+}
+
+function err_usage {
+   err "$1"
+   err ""
+   err "$(usage)"
+}
+
+function main {
+   declare    sdir="${SOURCE_DIR}"
+   declare -i date=0
+
+   while test $# -gt 0
+   do
+      case "$1" in
+         -h | --help )
+            usage
+            return 0
+            ;;
+         -s | --source )
+            if test -z "$2"
+            then
+               err_usage "ERROR: option -s/--source requires an argument"
+               return 1
+            fi
+
+            if ! test -d "$2"
+            then
+               err_usage "ERROR: '$2' is not a directory and not suitable for the value of -s/--source"
+               return 1
+            fi
+
+            sdir="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+         *)
+            err_usage "ERROR: Unknown argument: '$1'"
+            return 1
+            ;;
+      esac
+   done
+
+   git_date "${sdir}" || return 1
+
+   return 0
+}
+
+main "$@"
+exit $?