diff --git a/git-lfs.spec b/git-lfs.spec
index e5b7c2f..b1fe326 100644
--- a/git-lfs.spec
+++ b/git-lfs.spec
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ sed -i -e 's!^BINPATH=.\+!BINPATH="%{gobuilddir}/bin"!g' t/testenv.sh
 export GOPATH=%{gobuilddir}:%{gopath}
 export GO111MODULE=off
 
+# Enable FIPS support at build time by enabling CGO and enforcing strict FIPS runtime
+export CGO_ENABLED=1
+export GOEXPERIMENT=strictfipsruntime
+
 # Build manpages first (some embedding in the executable is done.)
 make man GIT_LFS_SHA=unused VERSION=unused PREFIX=unused
 pushd docs