diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c188519f..4819737d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ $(PROGRAM): build/mgmt-${GOHOSTOS}-${GOHOSTARCH} ## build an mgmt binary for cur
 $(PROGRAM).static: $(GO_FILES) $(MCL_FILES) go.mod go.sum
 	@echo "Building: $(PROGRAM).static, version: $(SVERSION)..."
 	go generate
-	go build -a -installsuffix cgo -tags netgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static" -X main.program=$(PROGRAM) -X main.version=$(SVERSION) -s -w' -o $(PROGRAM).static $(BUILD_FLAGS);
+	go build -trimpath -a -installsuffix cgo -tags netgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static" -X main.program=$(PROGRAM) -X main.version=$(SVERSION) -s -w' -o $(PROGRAM).static $(BUILD_FLAGS);
 
 build: LDFLAGS=-s -w ## build a fresh mgmt binary
 build: $(PROGRAM)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ GOOS=$(firstword $(subst -, ,$*))
 GOARCH=$(lastword $(subst -, ,$*))
 build/mgmt-%: $(GO_FILES) $(MCL_FILES) go.mod go.sum | lang funcgen
 	@echo "Building: $(PROGRAM), os/arch: $*, version: $(SVERSION)..."
-	@time env GOOS=${GOOS} GOARCH=${GOARCH} go build -ldflags=$(PKGNAME)="-X main.program=$(PROGRAM) -X main.version=$(SVERSION) ${LDFLAGS}" -o $@ $(BUILD_FLAGS)
+	@time env GOOS=${GOOS} GOARCH=${GOARCH} go build -trimpath -ldflags=$(PKGNAME)="-X main.program=$(PROGRAM) -X main.version=$(SVERSION) ${LDFLAGS}" -o $@ $(BUILD_FLAGS)
 
 # create a list of binary file names to use as make targets
 # to use this you might want to run something like: