diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 2ea755fca..f23721987 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         cd weed; go get -v -t -d ./...
 
     - name: Build
-      run: cd weed; go build -tags "elastic gocdk sqlite ydb tikv" -v .
+      run: cd weed; go build -tags "elastic gocdk sqlite ydb tikv rclone" -v .
 
     - name: Test
-      run: cd weed; go test -tags "elastic gocdk sqlite ydb tikv" -v ./...
+      run: cd weed; go test -tags "elastic gocdk sqlite ydb tikv rclone" -v ./...
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ae877fa6..fbe357db6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ warp_install:
 	go install github.com/minio/warp@v0.7.6
 
 full_install:
-	cd weed; go install -tags "elastic gocdk sqlite ydb tikv"
+	cd weed; go install -tags "elastic gocdk sqlite ydb tikv rclone"
 
 server: install
 	weed -v 4 server -s3 -filer -volume.max=0 -master.volumeSizeLimitMB=1024 -volume.preStopSeconds=1 -s3.port=8000 -s3.allowEmptyFolder=false -s3.allowDeleteBucketNotEmpty=false -s3.config=./docker/compose/s3.json
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ benchmark_with_pprof: debug = 1
 benchmark_with_pprof: benchmark
 
 test:
-	cd weed; go test -tags "elastic gocdk sqlite ydb tikv" -v ./...
\ No newline at end of file
+	cd weed; go test -tags "elastic gocdk sqlite ydb tikv rclone" -v ./...
diff --git a/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/dummy.go b/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/dummy.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..721256a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/dummy.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package rclone_backend
diff --git a/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/rclone_backend.go b/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/rclone_backend.go
index 55fde6456..c634db048 100644
--- a/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/rclone_backend.go
+++ b/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/rclone_backend.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+//go:build rclone
+// +build rclone
+
 package rclone_backend
 
 import (
diff --git a/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/rclone_progress.go b/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/rclone_progress.go
index cf359ca40..738f33d82 100644
--- a/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/rclone_progress.go
+++ b/weed/storage/backend/rclone_backend/rclone_progress.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+//go:build rclone
+// +build rclone
+
 package rclone_backend
 
 import "github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/accounting"