diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9772958d4..74a620037 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-FROM fedora
+FROM scratch
 
 MAINTAINER Avesh Agarwal <avagarwa@redhat.com>
 
 COPY _output/bin/descheduler /bin/descheduler
-CMD ["/bin/descheduler --help"]
+CMD ["/bin/descheduler", "--help"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b00e53c72..32c558c80 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ IMAGE:=descheduler:$(VERSION)
 all: build
 
 build:
-	go build ${LDFLAGS} -o _output/bin/descheduler github.com/kubernetes-incubator/descheduler/cmd/descheduler 
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build ${LDFLAGS} -o _output/bin/descheduler github.com/kubernetes-incubator/descheduler/cmd/descheduler
 
 image: build
 	docker build -t $(IMAGE) .