diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c43d19fd8..1587ed68b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ FROM scratch
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/virtual-kubelet /usr/bin/virtual-kubelet
 COPY --from=builder /etc/ssl/certs/ /etc/ssl/certs
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "virtual-kubelet" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/bin/virtual-kubelet" ]
 CMD [ "--help" ]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3a8fee117..00ba59dee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ safebuild:
 .PHONY: build
 build: authors
 	@echo "Building..."
-	$Q go build -o bin/$(binary) $(if $V,-v) $(VERSION_FLAGS) $(IMPORT_PATH)
+	$Q CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a -tags netgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o bin/$(binary) $(if $V,-v) $(VERSION_FLAGS) $(IMPORT_PATH)
 
 .PHONY: tags
 tags: