diff --git a/cmd/xgo/shadow/shadow.go b/cmd/xgo/shadow/shadow.go
index 3cb06214..9f7be79b 100644
--- a/cmd/xgo/shadow/shadow.go
+++ b/cmd/xgo/shadow/shadow.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func main() {
 		subCmd = args[0]
 	}
 	var cmdErr error
-	if subCmd == "build" || subCmd == "run" || subCmd == "test" {
+	if os.Getenv("XGO_SHADOW_BYPASS") != "true" && (subCmd == "build" || subCmd == "run" || subCmd == "test") {
 		cmdErr = runCmd("xgo", args, []string{"XGO_REAL_GO_BINARY=" + realGo})
 	} else {
 		cmdErr = runCmd(realGo, args, nil)
diff --git a/cmd/xgo/version.go b/cmd/xgo/version.go
index e2708ee9..9ed3067f 100644
--- a/cmd/xgo/version.go
+++ b/cmd/xgo/version.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import "fmt"
 
 // auto updated
 const VERSION = "1.0.44"
-const REVISION = "bcb6c7f6f1aea2ee9717d3cc5f87830ed5eaf606+1"
-const NUMBER = 284
+const REVISION = "30939343bbf6515721c4edd135a2564e987115f0+1"
+const NUMBER = 285
 
 // manually updated
 const CORE_VERSION = "1.0.43"