diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 442ab2c731e..ecbc5d8f746 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ARG TARGETVARIANT=""
 ARG LDFLAGS
 
 ENV GO111MODULE=on \
-    CGO_ENABLED=0 \
+    CGO_ENABLED=1 \
     GOOS=${TARGETOS} \
     GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
     GOARM=${TARGETVARIANT}
diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index 90dbbd45d94..20395616280 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ COPY bin/manager .
 def build_manager():
     cmd = [
         "make tilt-prepare",
-        "GO111MODULE=on CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -mod vendor -a -ldflags \"" +
+        "GO111MODULE=on CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -mod vendor -a -ldflags \"" +
         LDFLAGS + "\" -o .tiltbuild/bin/manager",
     ]
     local_resource(
diff --git a/gator.Dockerfile b/gator.Dockerfile
index a931d288ffe..1b0fc9cce7a 100644
--- a/gator.Dockerfile
+++ b/gator.Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ARG TARGETVARIANT=""
 ARG LDFLAGS
 
 ENV GO111MODULE=on \
-    CGO_ENABLED=0 \
+    CGO_ENABLED=1 \
     GOOS=${TARGETOS} \
     GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
     GOARM=${TARGETVARIANT}