diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f31fb58a74c..99367e0fdd45 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Get the current commit ref
 execute_process(
-  COMMAND git describe --tags --always --dirty=-modified
+  COMMAND git describe --tags --always
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
   OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_DESCRIBE
   OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
@@ -333,20 +333,6 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "Git describe: ${GIT_DESCRIBE}")
 endif()
 
-# Get the current commit date
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND git show --quiet --format=%cI --date=short
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COMMIT_DATE
-  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-  ERROR_QUIET
-)
-if(NOT GIT_COMMIT_DATE)
-  message(STATUS "Git commit date: unknown")
-else()
-  message(STATUS "Git commit date: ${GIT_COMMIT_DATE}")
-endif()
-
 # Get the current working branch
 execute_process(
   COMMAND git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
@@ -372,18 +358,8 @@ execute_process(
 if(NOT GIT_COMMIT_COUNT)
     set(GIT_COMMIT_COUNT "unknown")
 endif()
-
-# Check if the worktree is dirty
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND git diff --quiet
-  RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_WORKTREE_DIRTY
-  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-  ERROR_QUIET
-)
-if(GIT_WORKTREE_DIRTY EQUAL "1")
-  set(GIT_COMMIT_COUNT "${GIT_COMMIT_COUNT}+")
-endif()
 message(STATUS "Git commit count: ${GIT_COMMIT_COUNT}")
+
 if(MSVC)
   # sccache support
   find_program(SCCACHE_EXECUTABLE "sccache")
@@ -1190,7 +1166,22 @@ endif()
 # The mixxx executable
 add_executable(mixxx WIN32 src/main.cpp)
 set_target_properties(mixxx-lib PROPERTIES CXX_CLANG_TIDY "${CLANG_TIDY}")
-target_link_libraries(mixxx PUBLIC mixxx-lib)
+target_link_libraries(mixxx PUBLIC mixxx-lib mixxx-build-date)
+
+add_library(mixxx-build-date STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/builddate.cpp
+)
+target_include_directories(mixxx-build-date PUBLIC src)
+
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/builddate.cpp
+    DEPENDS mixxx-lib src/builddate.cpp.in
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+        -D CMAKE_BINARY_DIR_=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+        -D CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR_=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+        -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/builddate.cmake
+    VERBATIM
+)
 
 #
 # Installation and Packaging
@@ -1566,7 +1557,7 @@ add_executable(mixxx-test
   src/test/wwidgetstack_test.cpp
 )
 set_target_properties(mixxx-test PROPERTIES AUTOMOC ON)
-target_link_libraries(mixxx-test PUBLIC mixxx-lib gtest gmock)
+target_link_libraries(mixxx-test PUBLIC mixxx-lib mixxx-build-date gtest gmock)
 
 #
 # Benchmark tests
diff --git a/cmake/builddate.cmake b/cmake/builddate.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d19b902454e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/builddate.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Check if the worktree is dirty
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND git diff --quiet
+  RESULT_VARIABLE DIRTY
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR_}
+  ERROR_QUIET
+)
+
+if(DIRTY EQUAL "1")
+  message(STATUS "Git worktree is dirty")
+  # This depends on mixxx-lib so it will pick a new date
+  # Whenever mixxx-lib has changed.
+  string(TIMESTAMP BUILD_DATE "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" UTC)
+else()
+  message(STATUS "Git worktree is clean")
+  # Get the current commit date in case the build tree is unchanged
+  # The leads to reproducible builds
+  execute_process(
+    COMMAND git show --quiet --format=%cI --date=short
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR_}
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE BUILD_DATE
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    ERROR_QUIET
+  )
+endif()
+
+configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR_}/src/builddate.cpp.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR_}/src/builddate.cpp @ONLY)
diff --git a/src/builddate.cpp.in b/src/builddate.cpp.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..61021ce190e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/builddate.cpp.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "builddate.h"
+
+//static
+const char* BuildDate::date() {
+	return "@BUILD_DATE@";
+};
+
+//static
+bool BuildDate::dirty() {
+    return static_cast<bool>(1);
+};
diff --git a/src/builddate.h b/src/builddate.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a97077906e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/builddate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#pragma once
+
+class BuildDate {
+  public:
+    static const char* date();
+    static bool dirty();
+};
diff --git a/src/dialog/dlgaboutdlg.ui b/src/dialog/dlgaboutdlg.ui
index 22cf96e86886..028e94299cd9 100644
--- a/src/dialog/dlgaboutdlg.ui
+++ b/src/dialog/dlgaboutdlg.ui
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         <item row="1" column="0">
          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
           <property name="text">
-           <string>Git Commit Date:</string>
+           <string>Date:</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
           <property name="text">
            <string>Unknown</string>
           </property>
+          <property name="textInteractionFlags">
+           <set>Qt::TextSelectableByKeyboard|Qt::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
+          </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
        </layout>
diff --git a/src/util/versionstore.cpp b/src/util/versionstore.cpp
index 6a42509ce944..9822361bfd74 100644
--- a/src/util/versionstore.cpp
+++ b/src/util/versionstore.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <vorbis/codec.h>
 
 #define VERSION_STORE
+#include "builddate.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
 namespace {
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ const QString kMixxxVersionSuffix = QString(MIXXX_VERSION_SUFFIX);
 const QString kMixxx = QStringLiteral("Mixxx");
 const QString kGitBranch = QString(GIT_BRANCH);
 const QString kGitDescribe = QString(GIT_DESCRIBE);
-const QDateTime kGitCommitDate = QDateTime::fromString(GIT_COMMIT_DATE, Qt::ISODate);
 const QString kBuildFlags = QString(BUILD_FLAGS);
 
 } // namespace
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ QString VersionStore::versionSuffix() {
 }
 
 QDateTime VersionStore::date() {
-    return kGitCommitDate;
+    return QDateTime::fromString(BuildDate::date(), Qt::ISODate);
 }
 
 // static
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ QString VersionStore::gitVersion() {
         gitVersion = QStringLiteral("unknown");
     }
 
+    if (BuildDate::dirty()) {
+        gitVersion.append(QStringLiteral("-modified"));
+    }
+
     QString gitBranch = VersionStore::gitBranch();
     if (!gitBranch.isEmpty()) {
         gitVersion.append(QStringLiteral(" (") + gitBranch + QStringLiteral(" branch)"));