diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
index c51fce708f3..50c1e391c33 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ patchShebangs() {
                 echo "$f: interpreter directive changed from \"$oldInterpreterLine\" to \"$newInterpreterLine\""
                 # escape the escape chars so that sed doesn't interpret them
                 escapedInterpreterLine=$(echo "$newInterpreterLine" | sed 's|\\|\\\\|g')
+                mod_time=$(stat --format=%y "$f")
                 sed -i -e "1 s|.*|#\!$escapedInterpreterLine|" "$f"
+                touch -d "$mod_time" "$f"
             fi
         fi
     done