diff --git a/test/e2e_node/builder/build.go b/test/e2e_node/builder/build.go
index 0c07db16229..635bcb98ea4 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/builder/build.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/builder/build.go
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ var k8sBinDir = flag.String("k8s-bin-dir", "", "Directory containing k8s kubelet
 var useDockerizedBuild = flag.Bool("use-dockerized-build", false, "Use dockerized build for test artifacts")
 var targetBuildArch = flag.String("target-build-arch", "linux/amd64", "Target architecture for the test artifacts for dockerized build")
 
-var buildTargets = []string{
+var buildCGOTargets = []string{
 	"cmd/kubelet",
+}
+
+var buildNoCGOTargets = []string{
 	"test/e2e_node/e2e_node.test",
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo",
 	"cluster/gce/gci/mounter",
@@ -42,13 +45,34 @@ var buildTargets = []string{
 
 // BuildGo builds k8s binaries.
 func BuildGo() error {
+	if err := BuildTargets(true); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to build cgo targets : %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := BuildTargets(false); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to build non-cgo targets : %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// BuildGo builds k8s binaries.
+func BuildTargets(cgo bool) error {
 	klog.Infof("Building k8s binaries...")
 	k8sRoot, err := utils.GetK8sRootDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to locate kubernetes root directory %v", err)
 	}
-	targets := strings.Join(buildTargets, " ")
-	cmd := exec.Command("make", "-C", k8sRoot, fmt.Sprintf("WHAT=%s", targets))
+	targets := buildCGOTargets
+	if !cgo {
+		targets = buildNoCGOTargets
+	}
+	what := strings.Join(targets, " ")
+	cmd := exec.Command("make", "-C", k8sRoot,
+		fmt.Sprintf("WHAT=%s", what))
+	if cgo {
+		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "CGO_ENABLED=1")
+	} else {
+		cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "CGO_ENABLED=0")
+	}
 	if IsDockerizedBuild() {
 		klog.Infof("Building dockerized k8s binaries targets %s for architecture %s", targets, GetTargetBuildArch())
 		// Multi-architecture build is only supported in dockerized build