diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 460333b5898..cf3020bda93 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ lint: ## Run code lint checks
 
 .PHONY: go-test
 go-test: ## Run the go tests ($ go test -v ./cmd/... ./pkg/...)
-	go test -v ./cmd/... ./pkg/...
+	go test -race -v ./cmd/... ./pkg/...
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: ## Run the unit tests (used in the CI)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ test-coverage:  ## Run coveralls
 	# remove all coverage files if exists
 	- rm -rf *.out
 	# run the go tests and gen the file coverage-all used to do the integration with coverrals.io
-	go test -failfast -tags=integration -coverprofile=coverage-all.out -covermode=count ./pkg/... ./cmd/...
+	go test -race -failfast -tags=integration -coverprofile=coverage-all.out ./pkg/... ./cmd/...
 
 .PHONY: test-e2e-local
 test-e2e-local: ## It will run the script to install kind and run e2e tests
diff --git a/build/test.sh b/build/test.sh
index 5e2767d3fd7..34eceb25d2d 100755
--- a/build/test.sh
+++ b/build/test.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ kubebuilder create controller --group apps --version v1beta2 --kind Deployment -
 # Verify the controller-manager builds and the tests pass
 go build ./cmd/...
 go build ./pkg/...
-go test ./cmd/...
-go test ./pkg/...
+go test -race ./cmd/...
+go test -race ./pkg/...
 
 fi
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index aa4a0f9997c..9f769bd8168 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ header_text "running kubebuilder unit tests"
 cd ${go_workspace}/src/sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder
 
 export GO111MODULE=on
-go test ./cmd/... ./pkg/...
+go test  -race ./cmd/... ./pkg/...
 
 # test project v2
 GO111MODULE=on test_project project-v2 2