diff --git a/install/v2plugin/Dockerfile b/install/v2plugin/Dockerfile
index 4d1c3d341..37e989021 100644
--- a/install/v2plugin/Dockerfile
+++ b/install/v2plugin/Dockerfile
@@ -1,26 +1,14 @@
-##
-#Copyright 2017 Cisco Systems Inc. All rights reserved.
-#
-#Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-#you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-#You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#limitations under the License.
-##
-
 # Docker v2plugin container with OVS / netplugin / netmaster
 
-FROM alpine:3.6
+FROM alpine:3.5
 LABEL maintainer "Cisco Contiv (https://contiv.github.io)"
 
-RUN mkdir -p /run/docker/plugins /etc/openvswitch /var/log/contiv \
+RUN mkdir -p /run/docker/plugins /etc/openvswitch /var/run/contiv/log \
  && echo 'http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main' >> /etc/apk/repositories \
- && apk --no-cache add openvswitch=2.5.0-r0 iptables ca-certificates openssl curl bash
+ && apk --no-cache add openvswitch=2.5.0-r0 iptables ca-certificates openssl curl \
+ && wget -q -O /etc/apk/keys/sgerrand.rsa.pub https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andyshinn/alpine-pkg-glibc/master/sgerrand.rsa.pub \
+ && wget https://github.com/andyshinn/alpine-pkg-glibc/releases/download/2.23-r1/glibc-2.23-r1.apk \
+ && apk --no-cache add glibc-2.23-r1.apk
 
 COPY netplugin netmaster netctl startcontiv.sh /
 
diff --git a/netplugin/netd.go b/netplugin/netd.go
index 63c806fdd..e0bdbf8b7 100755
--- a/netplugin/netd.go
+++ b/netplugin/netd.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"log/syslog"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"os/user"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/contiv/netplugin/core"
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// Make sure we are running as root
-	uid := syscall.Getuid()
-	if uid != 0 {
+	usr, err := user.Current()
+	if (err != nil) || (usr.Username != "root") {
 		log.Fatalf("This process can only be run as root")
 	}
 
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 28fe7d75c..5925e9362 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo $BUILD_VERSION >$VERSION_FILE
-GOGC=1500 CGO_ENABLED=0 go install \
-	-a -installsuffix cgo \
+
+GOGC=1500 go install \
 	-ldflags "-X $PKG_NAME.version=$BUILD_VERSION \
 	-X $PKG_NAME.buildTime=$BUILD_TIME \
 	-X $PKG_NAME.gitCommit=$GIT_COMMIT \
-	-s -w -d" -pkgdir /tmp/foo-cgo \
+	-s -w" \
 	-v $TO_BUILD
diff --git a/scripts/netContain/Dockerfile b/scripts/netContain/Dockerfile
index bfa8efb2a..5bd715a15 100644
--- a/scripts/netContain/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/netContain/Dockerfile
@@ -13,18 +13,19 @@
 #limitations under the License.
 ##
 
-# One Container for OVS / netplugin / netmaster
+# One Container for OVS / netplugin / netmaster 
 
-FROM alpine:3.6
-LABEL maintainer "Cisco Contiv (https://contiv.github.io)"
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
 
-# Make sure to Modify the Proxy Server values if required
+# Make sure to Modify the Proxy Server values if required 
 # ENV export http_proxy=http://proxy.localhost.com:8080
 # ENV export https_proxy=https://proxy.localhost.com:8080
 
-RUN mkdir -p /etc/openvswitch \
- && echo 'http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main' >> /etc/apk/repositories \
- && apk --no-cache add openvswitch=2.5.0-r0 iptables ca-certificates openssl curl bash
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y openvswitch-switch=2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 \
+        net-tools \
+        iptables \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY ./bin /contiv/bin/
 COPY ./scripts /contiv/scripts/