diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 322bf76..bc97478 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-FROM golang:1.3
+FROM scratch 
 
-ADD . /go/src/github.com/osterzel/clamrest
+ADD target/clamrest / 
 
-WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/osterzel/clamrest
-RUN go get 
-RUN go install github.com/osterzel/clamrest
-RUN rm -rf /go/src/github.com/osterzel/clamrest
-
-ENTRYPOINT /go/bin/clamrest
+CMD ["/clamrest"]
 
 EXPOSE 8080
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 175d68b..88c83e7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ run-container: .clamav build-container
 	@docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -e PORT=9000 --name $(SERVICE) --link clamd:clamd $(SERVICE):$(VERSION)
 
 build-container:
+	docker run --rm -t -i -v $(shell pwd):/go/src/github.com/osterzel/clamrest -v $(shell pwd)/target:/go/bin golang:1.3 /bin/bash -c "/go/src/github.com/osterzel/clamrest/scripts/build-static-binary"
 	docker build -t $(SERVICE):$(VERSION) .
 
 run-slug: .clamav build-slug
diff --git a/scripts/build-static-binary b/scripts/build-static-binary
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..89aaa39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-static-binary
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cd /go/src/github.com/osterzel/clamrest
+go get
+CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go install -a -installsuffix cgo