diff --git a/make-release-build b/make-release-build
index ee48d173..23aa5e23 100755
--- a/make-release-build
+++ b/make-release-build
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ else
     echo "skipping release ant.properties"
 fi
 
-$ANDROID_NDK_HOME/ndk-build
+faketime "$TIMESTAMP" $ANDROID_NDK_HOME/ndk-build
 
 faketime "$TIMESTAMP" make -C external