diff --git a/www/apache22/Makefile b/www/apache22/Makefile
index 4d998041ee29..66489a1bdc9c 100644
--- a/www/apache22/Makefile
+++ b/www/apache22/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	caudium14-1.* \
 		apache-*-2.2.* apache22-*-2.2.* \
 		apache-*-2.4.* apache24-*-2.4.*
 
+DEPRECATED=		Upstream propose EoL of apache 2.2.x during the next 12 months
+EXPIRATION_DATE=	2017-07-01
+
 USE_APACHE=	common22
 USES=		autoreconf cpe iconv libtool perl5 tar:bzip2
 USE_PERL5=	run
diff --git a/www/apache22/files/extra-patch-server_buildmark.c b/www/apache22/files/extra-patch-server_buildmark.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a39774d1851f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/apache22/files/extra-patch-server_buildmark.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# disable build time stamp in favor of reproducible build
+# except building with DEBUG
+==============================================================
+--- server/buildmark.c.orig	2016-07-03 16:09:18 UTC
++++ server/buildmark.c
+@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
+ #include "ap_config.h"
+ #include "httpd.h"
+ 
++/* Allow Reproducible build, do not include build time information */
++#undef __DATE__
++
+ #if defined(__DATE__) && defined(__TIME__)
+ static const char server_built[] = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
+ #else