diff --git a/.drone.sh b/.drone.sh
index 6d4af6c..7481303 100644
--- a/.drone.sh
+++ b/.drone.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# disable CGO for cross-compiling
+export CGO_ENABLED=0
+
 export now=$(TZ=Australia/Sydney date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
 echo $now
 echo "build commences"