diff --git a/hack/make/.ensure-syscall-test b/hack/make/.ensure-syscall-test
index 20fe2dc4c2..376fef1cf0 100644
--- a/hack/make/.ensure-syscall-test
+++ b/hack/make/.ensure-syscall-test
@@ -4,5 +4,20 @@ set -e
 # Build a C binary for cloning a userns for seccomp tests
 # and compile it for target daemon
 if [ "$DOCKER_ENGINE_GOOS" = "linux" ]; then
-	docker build ${DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS} -qt syscall-test contrib/syscall-test > /dev/null
+	if [ "$DOCKER_ENGINE_OSARCH" = "$DOCKER_CLIENT_OSARCH" ]; then
+		tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+		gcc -g -Wall -static contrib/syscall-test/userns.c -o "${tmpdir}/userns-test"
+		gcc -g -Wall -static contrib/syscall-test/ns.c -o "${tmpdir}/ns-test"
+		gcc -g -Wall -static contrib/syscall-test/acct.c -o "${tmpdir}/acct-test"
+
+		dockerfile="${tmpdir}/Dockerfile"
+		cat <<-EOF > "$dockerfile"
+		FROM debian:jessie
+		COPY . /usr/bin/
+		EOF
+		docker build --force-rm ${DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS} -qt syscall-test "${tmpdir}" > /dev/null
+		rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
+	else
+		docker build ${DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS} -qt syscall-test contrib/syscall-test > /dev/null
+	fi
 fi