diff --git a/test/benchmarks/defs.bzl b/test/benchmarks/defs.bzl
index 4ccd57dfe..735b0dafe 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/defs.bzl
+++ b/test/benchmarks/defs.bzl
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ load("//tools:defs.bzl", "go_test")
 def benchmark_test(name, tags = [], **kwargs):
     go_test(
         name,
-        tags = [
+        tags = tags + [
             # Requires docker and runsc to be configured before the test runs.
             "local",
             "manual",
             "gvisor_benchmark",
         ],
+        # Benchmark test binaries are built inside a bazel docker container in
+        # OSS but are executed directly on the host. Use static binaries to
+        # avoid hitting glibc incompatibility.
+        static = True,
         **kwargs
     )
diff --git a/tools/bazeldefs/go.bzl b/tools/bazeldefs/go.bzl
index f4fece797..3efa890d8 100644
--- a/tools/bazeldefs/go.bzl
+++ b/tools/bazeldefs/go.bzl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def go_proto_library(name, **kwargs):
 def go_grpc_and_proto_libraries(name, **kwargs):
     _go_proto_or_grpc_library(_go_grpc_library, name, **kwargs)
 
-def go_binary(name, static = False, pure = False, x_defs = None, system_malloc = False, **kwargs):
+def go_binary(name, static = False, pure = False, x_defs = None, **kwargs):
     """Build a go binary.
 
     Args:
@@ -79,17 +79,20 @@ def go_library(name, arch_deps = [], **kwargs):
         **kwargs
     )
 
-def go_test(name, pure = False, library = None, **kwargs):
+def go_test(name, static = False, pure = False, library = None, **kwargs):
     """Build a go test.
 
     Args:
         name: name of the output binary.
+        static: build a static binary.
         pure: should it be built without cgo.
         library: the library to embed.
         **kwargs: rest of the arguments to pass to _go_test.
     """
     if pure:
         kwargs["pure"] = "on"
+    if static:
+        kwargs["static"] = "on"
     if library:
         kwargs["embed"] = [library]
     _go_test(