diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0a0b05f9a..7c53c621d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ENV GOLANG_VERSION 1.9.1
 ENV GOLANG_SRC_URL https://golang.org/dl/go$GOLANG_VERSION.src.tar.gz
 ENV GOLANG_SRC_SHA256 a84afc9dc7d64fe0fa84d4d735e2ece23831a22117b50dafc75c1484f1cb550e
 ENV PATH $GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
+ENV CGO_ENABLED 0
 # in one step (to prevent creating superfluous layers):
 # 1. fetch and install temporary build programs,
 # 2. build cloud-torrent alpine binary