diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37f034c6..a3e8e98c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 coverage.out
 ipfs-cluster-service/ipfs-cluster-service
 ipfs-cluster-ctl/ipfs-cluster-ctl
+deptools
 
 # Compiled Object files, Static and Dynamic libs (Shared Objects)
 *.o
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 224b91d3..0fe70eac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-all: server client
+gx_version=v0.10.0
+gx-go_version=v1.4.0
+gx=gx_$(gx_version)
+gx-go=gx-go_$(gx-go_version)
+gx_bin=deptools/$(gx)
+gx-go_bin=deptools/$(gx-go)
+bin_env=$(shell go env GOHOSTOS)-$(shell go env GOHOSTARCH)
+
+all: service ctl
 clean: rwundo
 	$(MAKE) -C ipfs-cluster-service clean
 	$(MAKE) -C ipfs-cluster-ctl clean
+	rm -rf deptools
 install: deps
 	$(MAKE) -C ipfs-cluster-service install
 	$(MAKE) -C ipfs-cluster-ctl install
@@ -16,22 +25,37 @@ service: deps
 ctl: deps
 	$(MAKE) -C ipfs-cluster-ctl ipfs-cluster-ctl
 
-gx:
-	go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx
-	go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go
+$(gx_bin):
+	@echo "Downloading gx"
+	@mkdir -p ./deptools
+	@wget -nc -q -O $(gx_bin).tgz https://dist.ipfs.io/gx/$(gx_version)/$(gx)_$(bin_env).tar.gz
+	@tar -zxf $(gx_bin).tgz -C deptools --strip-components=1 gx/gx
+	@mv deptools/gx $(gx_bin)
+	@rm $(gx_bin).tgz
+
+$(gx-go_bin):
+	echo "Downloading gx-go"
+	mkdir -p ./deptools
+	wget -nc -q -O $(gx-go_bin).tgz https://dist.ipfs.io/gx-go/$(gx-go_version)/$(gx-go)_$(bin_env).tar.gz
+	tar -zxf $(gx-go_bin).tgz -C deptools --strip-components=1 gx-go/gx-go
+	mv deptools/gx-go $(gx-go_bin)
+	rm $(gx-go_bin).tgz
+
+gx: $(gx_bin) $(gx-go_bin)
+
 deps: gx
 	go get github.com/gorilla/mux
 	go get github.com/hashicorp/raft
 	go get github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb
 	go get github.com/ugorji/go/codec
-	gx --verbose install --global
-	gx-go rewrite
+	$(gx_bin) --verbose install --global
+	$(gx-go_bin) rewrite
 test: deps
 	go test -tags silent -v -covermode count -coverprofile=coverage.out .
 rw:
-	gx-go rewrite
+	$(gx-go_bin) rewrite
 rwundo:
-	gx-go rewrite --undo
+	$(gx-go_bin) rewrite --undo
 publish: rwundo
-	gx publish
+	$(gx_bin) publish
 .PHONY: all gx deps test rw rwundo publish service ctl install clean