diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 46d817b5d46..348f6c75ea0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ ENV GO111MODULE auto
 ENV GOPATH /go
 ENV PATH $GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
 
+# Permit the cpb binary to be compiled statically. The Red Hat compiler
+# provided by ART will otherwise force FIPS compliant dynamic compilation.
+ENV GO_COMPLIANCE_EXCLUDE="build.*operator-lifecycle-manager/util/cpb"
+
 WORKDIR /build
 
 # copy just enough of the git repo to parse HEAD, used to record version in OLM binaries