diff --git a/gedit.spec b/gedit.spec
index 457ed18..690c3ac 100644
--- a/gedit.spec
+++ b/gedit.spec
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ intltoolize -f
 make %{_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL="install -p"
 
 ## clean up all the static libs for plugins (workaround for no -module)
 /bin/rm -f `find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir} -name "*.a"`
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ glib-compile-schemas %{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas >&/dev/null || :
 %changelog
 * Mon Jul 20 2015 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 2:3.17.2-1
 - Update to 3.17.2
+- Preserve timestamps during install
 
 * Fri Jul 03 2015 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 2:3.17.1-2
 - Require libpeas-loader-python3 for Python 3 plugin support (#1226879)