diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 975f4ff38..f5e531782 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v0.4.3](https://github.com/docker/notary/releases/tag/v0.4.3) 11/15/2016
++ Fix build tags for static notary client binaries in linux [#1039](https://github.com/docker/notary/pull/1039)
+
 ## [v0.4.2](https://github.com/docker/notary/releases/tag/v0.4.2) 9/30/2016
 + Bump the cross compiler to golang 1.7.1, since [1.6.3 builds binaries that could have non-deterministic bugs in OS X Sierra](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-dev/Jho5sBHZgAg/cq6d97S1AwAJ) [#984](https://github.com/docker/notary/pull/984)
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c5fcbcc92..94ff54b9e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ ${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary:
 else
 ${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary-server: NOTARY_VERSION $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go')
 	@echo "+ $@"
-	@go build -tags ${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS} -o $@ ${GO_LDFLAGS_STATIC} ./cmd/notary-server
+	@go build -tags "${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS} netgo" -o $@ ${GO_LDFLAGS_STATIC} ./cmd/notary-server
 
 ${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary-signer: NOTARY_VERSION $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go')
 	@echo "+ $@"
-	@go build -tags ${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS} -o $@ ${GO_LDFLAGS_STATIC} ./cmd/notary-signer
+	@go build -tags "${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS} netgo" -o $@ ${GO_LDFLAGS_STATIC} ./cmd/notary-signer
 
 ${PREFIX}/bin/static/notary:
 	@echo "+ $@"
-	@go build -tags ${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS} -o $@ ${GO_LDFLAGS_STATIC} ./cmd/notary
+	@go build -tags "${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS} netgo" -o $@ ${GO_LDFLAGS_STATIC} ./cmd/notary
 endif
 
 
diff --git a/NOTARY_VERSION b/NOTARY_VERSION
index 2b7c5ae01..17b2ccd9b 100644
--- a/NOTARY_VERSION
+++ b/NOTARY_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.2
+0.4.3
diff --git a/buildscripts/cross.sh b/buildscripts/cross.sh
index 500ecb746..edf934ea7 100755
--- a/buildscripts/cross.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/cross.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ for os in "$@"; do
 	go build \
 		-o "${NOTARYDIR}/cross/${GOOS}/${GOARCH}/${OUTFILE}" \
 		-a \
-		-tags "${BUILDTAGS}" \
+		-tags "${BUILDTAGS} netgo" \
 		-ldflags "-w ${CTIMEVAR} ${LDFLAGS}"  \
 		./cmd/notary;
 	set +x;
-done
+done
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