diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1654848020f..e366fd698cb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-GO=GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT="1" go
+GO=GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT="1" CGO_ENABLED=0 go
+GOTEST=GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT="1" CGO_ENABLED=1 go test # go race detector requires cgo
 
 PACKAGES := $$(go list ./...| grep -vE 'vendor|pd-server')
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ install:
 
 test:
 	rm -rf vendor && ln -s _vendor/vendor vendor
-	$(GO) test --race $(PACKAGES)
+	$(GOTEST) --race $(PACKAGES)
 	rm -rf vendor
 
 check: