diff --git a/docker.Makefile b/docker.Makefile
index b82d0e6e62..9877124991 100644
--- a/docker.Makefile
+++ b/docker.Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ DEV_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME = docker-cli-dev
 LINTER_IMAGE_NAME = docker-cli-lint
 CROSS_IMAGE_NAME = docker-cli-cross
 MOUNTS = -v `pwd`:/go/src/github.com/docker/cli
+VERSION = $(shell cat VERSION)
 
 # build docker image (dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build)
 .PHONY: build_docker_image
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ build_cross_image:
 
 # build executable using a container
 binary: build_docker_image
-	docker run --rm $(MOUNTS) $(DEV_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME) make binary
+	docker run --rm -e VERSION=$(VERSION) $(MOUNTS) $(DEV_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME) make binary
 
 build: binary
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ test: build_docker_image
 # build the CLI for multiple architectures using a container
 .PHONY: cross
 cross: build_cross_image
-	docker run --rm $(MOUNTS) $(CROSS_IMAGE_NAME) make cross
+	docker run --rm -e VERSION=$(VERSION) $(MOUNTS) $(CROSS_IMAGE_NAME) make cross
 
 .PHONY: watch
 watch: build_docker_image
diff --git a/scripts/build/osx b/scripts/build/osx
index b993a8e0c8..a5e7d9432c 100755
--- a/scripts/build/osx
+++ b/scripts/build/osx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export CGO_ENABLED=1
 export GOOS=darwin
 export GOARCH=amd64
 export CC=o64-clang
-export LDFLAGS='-linkmode external -s'
+export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -linkmode external -s"
 export LDFLAGS_STATIC_DOCKER='-extld='${CC}
 
 # Override TARGET