diff --git a/tools/tools.sh b/tools/tools.sh
index b56a3e6bbd..a8cc7b58ba 100755
--- a/tools/tools.sh
+++ b/tools/tools.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ repo_root() {
 
 # Install an external Go tool.
 go_install() {
-  if go install "$1"; then
+  local tags=""
+  if [ "$(go env GOOS)" == "darwin" ]; then
+    tags="netcgo"
+  fi
+  if eval CGO_ENABLED=0 go install "-tags=${tags}" \"-ldflags=-w -s\" "$1"; then
     echo "--> $1 ✔"
   else
     echo "--> $1 ✖"