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+# CGO
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+Nomad requires the use of CGO on Linux.
+
+Issue [#5643](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/5643) tracks the desire for Nomad to not require CGO.
+
+One of the core features of Nomad (the exec driver) depends on [nsenter](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/nsenter).
+Until `nsenter` no longer requires CGO, the standalone Nomad executable on Linux will not be able to ship without depending on CGO.