diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6d5190fa..14eab02d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ services:
 
 env:
   global:
-    - BUILDTAGS="seccomp apparmor selinux ambient"
+    - BUILDTAGS="seccomp apparmor selinux"
 
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c4273f51..9accc2c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ GIT_BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)
 GIT_BRANCH_CLEAN := $(shell echo $(GIT_BRANCH) | sed -e "s/[^[:alnum:]]/-/g")
 RUNC_IMAGE := runc_dev$(if $(GIT_BRANCH_CLEAN),:$(GIT_BRANCH_CLEAN))
 PROJECT := github.com/opencontainers/runc
-BUILDTAGS ?= seccomp
+BUILDTAGS ?= seccomp selinux apparmor
 COMMIT_NO := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)
 COMMIT ?= $(if $(shell git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no),"${COMMIT_NO}-dirty","${COMMIT_NO}")
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4588c5b2..fb3f4961 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ It must be built with Go version 1.6 or higher in order for some features to fun
 In order to enable seccomp support you will need to install `libseccomp` on your platform.
 > e.g. `libseccomp-devel` for CentOS, or `libseccomp-dev` for Ubuntu
 
-Otherwise, if you do not want to build `runc` with seccomp support you can add `BUILDTAGS=""` when running make.
-
 ```bash
 # create a 'github.com/opencontainers' in your GOPATH/src
 cd github.com/opencontainers
@@ -60,20 +58,22 @@ sudo make install
 
 #### Build Tags
 
-`runc` supports optional build tags for compiling support of various features.
-To add build tags to the make option the `BUILDTAGS` variable must be set.
+`runc` supports optional build tags for compiling support of various features,
+with some of them enabled by default (see `BUILDTAGS` in top-level `Makefile`).
+
+To change build tags from the default, set the `BUILDTAGS` variable for make,
+e.g.
 
 ```bash
 make BUILDTAGS='seccomp apparmor'
 ```
 
-| Build Tag | Feature                            | Dependency  |
-|-----------|------------------------------------|-------------|
-| seccomp   | Syscall filtering                  | libseccomp  |
-| selinux   | selinux process and mount labeling | <none>      |
-| apparmor  | apparmor profile support           | <none>      |
-| ambient   | ambient capability support         | kernel 4.3  |
-| nokmem    | disable kernel memory account      | <none>      |
+| Build Tag | Feature                            | Enabled by default | Dependency |
+|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------|------------|
+| seccomp   | Syscall filtering                  | yes                | libseccomp |
+| selinux   | selinux process and mount labeling | yes                | <none>     |
+| apparmor  | apparmor profile support           | yes                | <none>     |
+| nokmem    | disable kernel memory accounting   | no                 | <none>     |
 
 
 ### Running the test suite