diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/threshold_notifier_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/threshold_notifier_linux.go
index 1587dea85c8..f9449b3c5b3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/threshold_notifier_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/threshold_notifier_linux.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build cgo
+
 /*
 Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/threshold_notifier_unsupported.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/threshold_notifier_unsupported.go
index 77a9b26cfc2..f54d7eb513a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/threshold_notifier_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/threshold_notifier_unsupported.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !linux
+// +build !linux !cgo
 
 /*
 Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.