diff --git a/news/9910.bugfix.rst b/news/9910.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ece2f3fdfa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/9910.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow ZIP to archive files with timestamps earlier than 1980.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/build_env.py b/src/pip/_internal/build_env.py
index cdf04324107..7dd1f42e51d 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/build_env.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/build_env.py
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ def _create_standalone_pip() -> Iterator[str]:
 
     with TempDirectory(kind="standalone-pip") as tmp_dir:
         pip_zip = os.path.join(tmp_dir.path, "__env_pip__.zip")
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(pip_zip, "w") as zf:
+        kwargs = {}
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+            kwargs["strict_timestamps"] = False
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(pip_zip, "w", **kwargs) as zf:
             for child in source.rglob("*"):
                 zf.write(child, child.relative_to(source.parent).as_posix())
         yield os.path.join(pip_zip, "pip")