diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 869357c25..edd3732af 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -147,13 +147,14 @@ check-json-schema-drift:
 .PHONY: unit
 unit: $(TEMP_DIR) fixtures  ## Run unit tests (with coverage)
 	$(call title,Running unit tests)
-	go test -coverprofile $(TEMP_DIR)/unit-coverage-details.txt $(shell go list ./... | grep -v anchore/syft/test)
+	go test -race -coverprofile $(TEMP_DIR)/unit-coverage-details.txt $(shell go list ./... | grep -v anchore/syft/test)
 	@.github/scripts/coverage.py $(COVERAGE_THRESHOLD) $(TEMP_DIR)/unit-coverage-details.txt
 
 .PHONY: integration
 integration:  ## Run integration tests
 	$(call title,Running integration tests)
 	go test -v ./test/integration
+	go run -race cmd/syft/main.go alpine:latest
 
 .PHONY: validate-cyclonedx-schema
 validate-cyclonedx-schema: