diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e73c18fe7..ecbc2219b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ advice:
 binary: build
 	go build -o prometheus $(BUILDFLAGS) .
 
+race_condition_binary: build
+	CGO_CFLAGS="-I$(PWD)/build/root/include" CGO_LDFLAGS="-L$(PWD)/build/root/lib" go build -race -o prometheus $(BUILDFLAGS) .
+
 build: preparation config model tools web
 
 clean:
@@ -79,4 +82,4 @@ tools:
 web: preparation config model
 	$(MAKE) -C web
 
-.PHONY: advice binary build clean config documentation format model package preparation run search_index source_path test tools
+.PHONY: advice binary build clean config documentation format model package preparation race_condition_binary run search_index source_path test tools
diff --git a/Makefile.INCLUDE b/Makefile.INCLUDE
index 58062e8b0..c0d174730 100644
--- a/Makefile.INCLUDE
+++ b/Makefile.INCLUDE
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ APT_GET_INSTALL := sudo apt-get install -y
 BREW_INSTALL := brew install
 # By default, wget sets the creation time to match the server's, which throws
 # off Make.  :-(
-WGET := wget --no-use-server-timestamps -c
+#
+# Set WGET_OPTIONS to include ``--no-use-server-timestamps`` to alleviate this.
+WGET := wget $(WGET_OPTIONS) -c
 
 REV        := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 BRANCH     := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)