diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index e168ef1..8ac2769 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ STAGING_KERNEL_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/usr/src/kernel"
 IMAGE_ROOTFS = "${WORKDIR}/rootfs"
 IMAGE_BASENAME = "${PN}"
 IMAGE_NAME = "${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}"
+IMAGE_NAME[vardepsexclude] += "DATETIME"
 IMAGE_LINK_NAME = "${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${MACHINE}"
 
 # This option allows for a percentage overage of the actual image size rather than a