diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2ca39cdb4d..7cd1b48171 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PACKAGES_NOSIMULATION=$(shell go list ./... | grep -v '/simulation')
 PACKAGES_SIMTEST=$(shell go list ./... | grep '/simulation')
-VERSION := $(shell echo $(shell git describe --tags --always) | sed 's/^v//')
+VERSION := $(shell echo $(shell git describe) | sed 's/^v//')
 COMMIT := $(shell git log -1 --format='%H')
 LEDGER_ENABLED ?= true
 BINDIR ?= $(GOPATH)/bin
@@ -14,6 +14,66 @@ DOCKER_BUF := docker run -v $(shell pwd):/workspace --workdir /workspace bufbuil
 
 export GO111MODULE = on
 
+# process build tags
+
+build_tags = netgo
+ifeq ($(LEDGER_ENABLED),true)
+  ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+    GCCEXE = $(shell where gcc.exe 2> NUL)
+    ifeq ($(GCCEXE),)
+      $(error gcc.exe not installed for ledger support, please install or set LEDGER_ENABLED=false)
+    else
+      build_tags += ledger
+    endif
+  else
+    UNAME_S = $(shell uname -s)
+    ifeq ($(UNAME_S),OpenBSD)
+      $(warning OpenBSD detected, disabling ledger support (https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/1988))
+    else
+      GCC = $(shell command -v gcc 2> /dev/null)
+      ifeq ($(GCC),)
+        $(error gcc not installed for ledger support, please install or set LEDGER_ENABLED=false)
+      else
+        build_tags += ledger
+      endif
+    endif
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifeq (cleveldb,$(findstring cleveldb,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+  build_tags += gcc
+endif
+build_tags += $(BUILD_TAGS)
+build_tags := $(strip $(build_tags))
+
+whitespace :=
+whitespace += $(whitespace)
+comma := ,
+build_tags_comma_sep := $(subst $(whitespace),$(comma),$(build_tags))
+
+# process linker flags
+
+ldflags = -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Name=sim \
+		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.AppName=simd \
+		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Version=$(VERSION) \
+		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Commit=$(COMMIT) \
+		  -X "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags=$(build_tags_comma_sep)"
+
+ifeq (cleveldb,$(findstring cleveldb,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+  ldflags += -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend=cleveldb
+endif
+ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+  ldflags += -w -s
+endif
+ldflags += $(LDFLAGS)
+ldflags := $(strip $(ldflags))
+
+BUILD_FLAGS := -tags "$(build_tags)" -ldflags '$(ldflags)'
+# check for nostrip option
+ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+  BUILD_FLAGS += -trimpath
+endif
+
 all: tools build lint test
 
 # The below include contains the tools and runsim targets.
@@ -212,7 +272,7 @@ benchmark:
 
 lint:
 	golangci-lint run --out-format=tab --issues-exit-code=0
-	find . -name '*.go' -type f -not -path "./vendor*" -not -path "*.git*" | xargs gofmt -d -s
+	find . -name '*.go' -type f -not -path "./vendor*" -not -path "*.git*" -not -name '*.pb.go' | xargs gofmt -d -s
 .PHONY: lint
 
 format:
diff --git a/x/auth/ante/basic.go b/x/auth/ante/basic.go
index 9fca3521d2..695cb6ebdf 100644
--- a/x/auth/ante/basic.go
+++ b/x/auth/ante/basic.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package ante
 
 import (
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/signing"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/signing"
+
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/legacy"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/types/multisig"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ func (cgts ConsumeTxSizeGasDecorator) AnteHandle(ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, sim
 			}
 
 			// use stdsignature to mock the size of a full signature
-			simSig := types.StdSignature{ //nolint:staticheck // this will be removed when proto is ready
+			simSig := types.StdSignature{ //nolint:staticcheck // this will be removed when proto is ready
 				Signature: simSecp256k1Sig[:],
 				PubKey:    pubkey.Bytes(),
 			}