diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6781ac74..dc13d2e5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 	    localtest localunittest localintegration \
 	    test unittest integration
 
+GO := go
+
 SOURCES := $(shell find . 2>&1 | grep -E '.*\.(c|h|go)$$')
 PREFIX := $(DESTDIR)/usr/local
 BINDIR := $(PREFIX)/sbin
@@ -27,18 +29,18 @@ SHELL := $(shell command -v bash 2>/dev/null)
 .DEFAULT: runc
 
 runc: $(SOURCES)
-	go build -i $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" -o runc .
+	$(GO) build $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" -o runc .
 
 all: runc recvtty
 
 recvtty: contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty
 
 contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty: $(SOURCES)
-	go build -i $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" -o contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty ./contrib/cmd/recvtty
+	$(GO) build $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" -o contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty ./contrib/cmd/recvtty
 
 static: $(SOURCES)
-	CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -i $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) cgo static_build" -ldflags "-w -extldflags -static -X main.gitCommit=${COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -o runc .
-	CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -i $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) cgo static_build" -ldflags "-w -extldflags -static -X main.gitCommit=${COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -o contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty ./contrib/cmd/recvtty
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 $(GO) build $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) cgo static_build" -ldflags "-w -extldflags -static -X main.gitCommit=${COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -o runc .
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 $(GO) build $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -tags "$(BUILDTAGS) cgo static_build" -ldflags "-w -extldflags -static -X main.gitCommit=${COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -o contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty ./contrib/cmd/recvtty
 
 release:
 	@flag_list=(seccomp selinux apparmor static); \
@@ -62,15 +64,15 @@ release:
 			CGO_ENABLED=1; \
 		}; \
 		echo "Building target: $$output"; \
-		go build -i $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -ldflags "$$ldflags $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -tags "$$tags" -o "$$output" .; \
+		$(GO) build $(EXTRA_FLAGS) -ldflags "$$ldflags $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" -tags "$$tags" -o "$$output" .; \
 	done
 
 dbuild: runcimage
 	docker run --rm -v $(CURDIR):/go/src/$(PROJECT) --privileged $(RUNC_IMAGE) make clean all
 
 lint:
-	go vet $(allpackages)
-	go fmt $(allpackages)
+	$(GO) vet $(allpackages)
+	$(GO) fmt $(allpackages)
 
 man:
 	man/md2man-all.sh
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ unittest: runcimage
 	docker run -e TESTFLAGS -t --privileged --rm -v $(CURDIR):/go/src/$(PROJECT) $(RUNC_IMAGE) make localunittest
 
 localunittest: all
-	go test -timeout 3m -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" ${TESTFLAGS} -v $(allpackages)
+	$(GO) test -timeout 3m -tags "$(BUILDTAGS)" ${TESTFLAGS} -v $(allpackages)
 
 integration: runcimage
 	docker run -e TESTFLAGS -t --privileged --rm -v $(CURDIR):/go/src/$(PROJECT) $(RUNC_IMAGE) make localintegration
@@ -133,10 +135,10 @@ clean:
 
 validate:
 	script/validate-gofmt
-	go vet $(allpackages)
+	$(GO) vet $(allpackages)
 
 ci: validate localtest
 
 # memoize allpackages, so that it's executed only once and only if used
-_allpackages = $(shell go list ./... | grep -v vendor)
+_allpackages = $(shell $(GO) list ./... | grep -v vendor)
 allpackages = $(if $(__allpackages),,$(eval __allpackages := $$(_allpackages)))$(__allpackages)