diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index bfb6f39..698f82b 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ mkdir -p release/bin/linux/i386/
 # build for osx using xgo - this cannot be used for linux builds due to missing deps in the xgo containers
 # xgo --targets=darwin/amd64 --dest=release/bin/darwin/amd64 -out ${BINARY} .
 
-GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 go build -o release/bin/linux/i386/aminal
-GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o release/bin/linux/amd64/aminal
+GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -o release/bin/linux/i386/aminal
+GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -o release/bin/linux/amd64/aminal
 
 exit 0