diff --git a/Dockerfile.backend b/Dockerfile.backend
index 5c6cfe0a26..54a19d87d7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.backend
+++ b/Dockerfile.backend
@@ -7,9 +7,19 @@ COPY ui .
 RUN npm i
 RUN npm run build
 
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.20.5-alpine AS builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM tonistiigi/xx:1.2.1@sha256:8879a398dedf0aadaacfbd332b29ff2f84bc39ae6d4e9c0a1109db27ac5ba012 AS xx
 
-RUN apk add --update --no-cache gcc g++ git binutils-gold
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.20.5-alpine@sha256:fd9d9d7194ec40a9a6ae89fcaef3e47c47de7746dd5848ab5343695dbbd09f8c AS builder
+
+COPY --from=xx / /
+
+RUN apk add --update --no-cache git clang lld binutils-gold
+
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+
+RUN xx-apk add --update --no-cache musl-dev gcc
+
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=1
 
 # Copy vmclarity code to /build
 COPY . /build
@@ -20,16 +30,14 @@ WORKDIR /build/backend
 ARG VERSION
 ARG BUILD_TIMESTAMP
 ARG COMMIT_HASH
-ARG TARGETOS
-ARG TARGETARCH
-
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg/mod \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
-    GOOS=${TARGETOS} GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
-    go build -ldflags="-s -w \
-     -X 'github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/backend/pkg/version.Version=${VERSION}' \
-     -X 'github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/backend/pkg/version.CommitHash=${COMMIT_HASH}' \
-     -X 'github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/backend/pkg/version.BuildTimestamp=${BUILD_TIMESTAMP}'" -o backend ./cmd/backend/main.go
+
+RUN xx-go build -ldflags="-s -w \
+      -X 'github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/backend/pkg/version.Version=${VERSION}' \
+      -X 'github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/backend/pkg/version.CommitHash=${COMMIT_HASH}' \
+      -X 'github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/backend/pkg/version.BuildTimestamp=${BUILD_TIMESTAMP}'" \
+    -o backend ./cmd/backend/main.go
+
+RUN xx-verify backend
 
 FROM alpine:3.18