diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 30944692f3..896ffb3ad8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 .DS_Store
-build
+./build
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 932568bf73..74e3e2d509 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 # github.com/docker/cli
 #
 
-# build the CLI
-.PHONY: build
-build: clean
-	@./scripts/build/binary
-
 # remove build artifacts
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
@@ -18,16 +13,24 @@ clean:
 test:
 	@go test -tags daemon -v $(shell go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
 
-# run linters
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
 	@gometalinter --config gometalinter.json ./...
 
+
+.PHONY: binary
+binary:
+	@./scripts/build/binary
+
 # build the CLI for multiple architectures
 .PHONY: cross
-cross: clean
+cross:
 	@./scripts/build/cross
 
+.PHONY: dynbinary
+dynbinary:
+	@./scripts/build/dynbinary
+
 # download dependencies (vendor/) listed in vendor.conf
 .PHONY: vendor
 vendor: vendor.conf
diff --git a/docker.Makefile b/docker.Makefile
index e0d8643da7..d502ff2e73 100644
--- a/docker.Makefile
+++ b/docker.Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 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
 
 # build docker image (dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build)
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ build_docker_image:
 build_linter_image:
 	@docker build -q -t $(LINTER_IMAGE_NAME) -f ./dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint .
 
+.PHONY: build_cross_image
+build_cross_image:
+	@docker build -t $(CROSS_IMAGE_NAME) -f ./dockerfiles/Dockerfile.cross .
+
+
 # build executable using a container
 .PHONY: build
 build: build_docker_image
@@ -44,6 +50,8 @@ cross: build_docker_image
 dev: build_docker_image
 	@docker run -ti $(MOUNTS) -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock $(DEV_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME) ash
 
+shell: dev
+
 # run linters in a container
 .PHONY: lint
 lint: build_linter_image
@@ -53,3 +61,6 @@ lint: build_linter_image
 .PHONY: vendor
 vendor: build_docker_image vendor.conf
 	@docker run -ti --rm $(MOUNTS) $(DEV_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME) make vendor
+
+dynbinary: build_cross_image
+	@docker run -ti --rm $(MOUNTS) $(CROSS_IMAGE_NAME) make dynbinary
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build
index 13ee07f252..5d09e18c4e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 FROM    golang:1.8-alpine
 
-RUN     apk add -U git make
+RUN     apk add -U git make bash
 
 RUN     go get github.com/LK4D4/vndr && \
         cp /go/bin/vndr /usr/bin && \
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.cross b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.cross
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2af3d24aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.cross
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+FROM    golang:1.8.1
+
+# allow replacing httpredir or deb mirror
+ARG     APT_MIRROR=deb.debian.org
+RUN     sed -ri "s/(httpredir|deb).debian.org/$APT_MIRROR/g" /etc/apt/sources.list
+
+RUN     apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+            libltdl-dev \
+            ;
+
+#            build-essential \ 
+#            binutils-mingw-w64 gcc-mingw-w64
+
+RUN     go get github.com/mitchellh/gox && \
+        cp /go/bin/gox /usr/bin && \
+        rm -rf /go/src/* /go/pkg/* /go/bin/*
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/docker/cli
diff --git a/scripts/build/.variables b/scripts/build/.variables
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..12ca95e7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/.variables
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eu
+
+VERSION=${VERSION:-"unknown-version"}
+GITCOMMIT=${GITCOMMIT:-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)}
+BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME:-$(date --utc --rfc-3339 ns 2> /dev/null | sed -e 's/ /T/')}
+
+export LDFLAGS="\
+    -w \
+    -X github.com/docker/cli/cli.GitCommit=${GITCOMMIT} \
+    -X github.com/docker/cli/cli.BuildTime=${BUILDTIME} \
+    -X github.com/docker/cli/cli.Version=${VERSION} \
+    ${LDFLAGS:-} \
+"
+
+export TARGET="build/docker-$(go env GOHOSTOS)-$(go env GOHOSTARCH)"
+export SOURCE="github.com/docker/cli/cmd/docker"
diff --git a/scripts/build/binary b/scripts/build/binary
index 9f6f472812..d4faac11b5 100755
--- a/scripts/build/binary
+++ b/scripts/build/binary
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Build a static binary for the host OS/ARCH
+#
 
-source ./scripts/build/ldflags
+set -eu -o pipefail
 
-go build -o ./build/docker --ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" github.com/docker/cli/cmd/docker
+source ./scripts/build/.variables
+
+export CGO_ENABLED=0
+go build -o "${TARGET}" --ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" "${SOURCE}"
+
+ln -sf "$(basename ${TARGET})" build/docker
diff --git a/scripts/build/cross b/scripts/build/cross
index 4e113943a4..62cb687aa7 100755
--- a/scripts/build/cross
+++ b/scripts/build/cross
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-source ./scripts/build/ldflags
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+source ./scripts/build/.variables
+
+# Wow, gox doesn't like extra spaces between these strings...
+CROSS_OSARCH="\
+windows/amd64"
+
+#darwin/amd64 \
+#linux/amd64 \
+#linux/arm \
+
+# Currently broken
+# linux/ppc64le \
 
 gox -output build/docker-{{.OS}}-{{.Arch}} \
-    -osarch="linux/arm linux/amd64 darwin/amd64 windows/amd64" \
+    -osarch "${CROSS_OSARCH}" \
 	--ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" \
-	github.com/docker/cli/cmd/docker
+	${SOURCE}
diff --git a/scripts/build/dynbinary b/scripts/build/dynbinary
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..153a62fbdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/dynbinary
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Build a dynamically linked binary for the host OS/ARCH
+#
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+source ./scripts/build/.variables
+
+export CGO_ENABLED=1
+go build -o "${TARGET}" -tags pkcs11 --ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" "${SOURCE}"
+
+ln -sf "$(basename ${TARGET})" build/docker
diff --git a/scripts/build/ldflags b/scripts/build/ldflags
deleted file mode 100755
index a0c5e1f9e6..0000000000
--- a/scripts/build/ldflags
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-VERSION=${VERSION:-"unknown-version"}
-GITCOMMIT=${GITCOMMIT:-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)}
-BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME:-$(date --utc --rfc-3339 ns 2> /dev/null | sed -e 's/ /T/')}
-
-export LDFLAGS="-X github.com/docker/cli/cli.GitCommit=${GITCOMMIT} \
-		-X github.com/docker/cli/cli.BuildTime=${BUILDTIME} \
-		-X github.com/docker/cli/cli.Version=${VERSION} ${LDFLAGS}"