diff --git a/plugins/buildx.installer b/plugins/buildx.installer
index 7585b9e3a5..1f2d494fbf 100755
--- a/plugins/buildx.installer
+++ b/plugins/buildx.installer
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ build() {
         git fetch --all
         git checkout -q "${BUILDX_COMMIT}"
         local LDFLAGS
-        LDFLAGS="-X ${PKG}/version.Version=$(git describe --match 'v[0-9]*' --always --tags)-docker -X ${PKG}/version.Revision=$(git rev-parse HEAD) -X ${PKG}/version.Package=${PKG}"
+        LDFLAGS="-linkmode=external -X ${PKG}/version.Version=$(git describe --match 'v[0-9]*' --always --tags)-docker -X ${PKG}/version.Revision=$(git rev-parse HEAD) -X ${PKG}/version.Package=${PKG}"
         set -x
         GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor go build -o bin/docker-buildx -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ./cmd/buildx
     )