diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.3.nix
index 47132023e5a..6d88049cfbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.3.nix
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   meta = {
+    branch = "1.3";
     homepage = http://golang.org/;
     description = "The Go Programming language";
     license = "BSD";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
index b1558e56cec..9acb399aa1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   meta = {
+    branch = "1.4";
     homepage = http://golang.org/;
     description = "The Go Programming language";
     license = "BSD";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/go-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/go-modules/generic/default.nix
index 5dcfa4502ac..8fed5a55be0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/go-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/go-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , meta ? {}, ... } @ args:
 
 go.stdenv.mkDerivation ( args // {
-  name = "${go.name}-${name}";
+  name = "go${go.meta.branch}-${name}";
   buildInputs = [ go ] ++ buildInputs;
 
   configurePhase = args.configurePhase or ''