diff --git a/testing/flux/APKBUILD b/testing/flux/APKBUILD
index 0c521ebf62e..58a2a55ff69 100644
--- a/testing/flux/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/flux/APKBUILD
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ subpackages="
 source="https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/archive/v$pkgver/flux-$pkgver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir/flux2-$pkgver"
 
-export CGO_ENABLED=0
 export GOCACHE="${GOCACHE:-"$srcdir/go-cache"}"
 export GOTMPDIR="${GOTMPDIR:-"$srcdir"}"
 export GOMODCACHE="${GOMODCACHE:-"$srcdir/go"}"
+case "$CARCH" in
+aarch64|ppc64le|x86_64)
+    export CGO_ENABLED=0
+    ;;
+esac
 
 # secfixes:
 #   0.36.0-r0: