diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ccc2c2e1..2fb7bd49 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PWD := $(shell pwd)
 GOPATH := $(shell go env GOPATH)
-LDFLAGS := $(shell go run buildscripts/gen-ldflags.go)
+LDFLAGS ?= $(shell go run buildscripts/gen-ldflags.go)
 
 TARGET_GOARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 TARGET_GOOS ?= $(shell go env GOOS)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ verify:
 # Builds mc locally.
 build: checks
 	@echo "Building mc binary to './mc'"
-	@GO111MODULE=on GOOS=$(TARGET_GOOS) GOARCH=$(TARGET_GOARCH) CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -tags kqueue --ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o $(PWD)/mc
+	@GO111MODULE=on GOOS=$(TARGET_GOOS) GOARCH=$(TARGET_GOARCH) CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -trimpath -tags kqueue --ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o $(PWD)/mc
 
 hotfix-vars:
 	$(eval LDFLAGS := $(shell MC_RELEASE="RELEASE" MC_HOTFIX="hotfix.$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)" go run buildscripts/gen-ldflags.go $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | \