diff --git a/build_static.sh b/build_static.sh
index 72897c4..574c3c0 100755
--- a/build_static.sh
+++ b/build_static.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-docker run -i -v `pwd`:/postfix_exporter ubuntu:16.04 /bin/sh << 'EOF'
+docker run -i -v `pwd`:/postfix_exporter golang:1.12 /bin/sh << 'EOF'
 set -ex
 
 # Install prerequisites for the build process.
 apt-get update -q
-apt-get install -yq git golang-go libsystemd-dev
+apt-get install -yq libsystemd-dev
 
-mkdir /go
-export GOPATH=/go
 cd /postfix_exporter
 
 go get -d ./...
-go build --ldflags '-extldflags "-static"'
+go build -a -tags static_all
 strip postfix_exporter
 EOF