diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2dd9992..60b0bf9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ COPY . .
 # Run all checks — build fails if branch is not green
 RUN make check
 
-# Build binaries
+# Build static binaries (no cgo needed at runtime — modernc.org/sqlite is pure Go)
 ARG VERSION=dev
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -X main.Version=${VERSION}" -o /chatd ./cmd/chatd/
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o /chat-cli ./cmd/chat-cli/
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -X main.Version=${VERSION}" -o /chatd ./cmd/chatd/
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o /chat-cli ./cmd/chat-cli/
 
 # alpine:3.21, 2026-02-26
 FROM alpine@sha256:c3f8e73fdb79deaebaa2037150150191b9dcbfba68b4a46d70103204c53f4709