diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a8cfaf6dd3..7100c7de95 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -e
 go get code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/proto
 go get github.com/goraft/raft
 go get github.com/gorilla/mux
-go get github.com/jmhodges/levigo
+go get github.com/jmhodges/levigo || echo "levigo build will probably fail since we don't have leveldb or snappy"
 go get github.com/bmizerany/pat
 go get github.com/fitstar/falcore
 go get github.com/fitstar/falcore/filter