diff --git a/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.js b/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.js
index 72edc517cb792c35106478732458835b43b971fe..74c6948e63c7bb0049f32407f86632d6e69356e0 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.js
+++ b/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ async function getArtifacts(
       cmd += volumes.map(v => `-v ${v}:${v} `).join('');
       const envVars = ['GOPATH'];
       cmd += envVars.map(e => `-e ${e} `);
+      cmd += '-e CGO_ENABLED=0 ';
       cmd += `-w ${cwd} `;
       cmd += `renovate/go go`;
     } else {