diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
index ab4c7e6ae63..ae682f8b8f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, tzdata, iana-etc, go_bootstrap, runCommand, writeScriptBin
 , perl, which, pkgconfig, patch, procps, pcre, cacert, llvm, Security, Foundation
+, mailcap
 , buildPackages, targetPackages }:
 
 let
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace misc/cgo/testcarchive/carchive_test.go \
       --replace '#!/usr/bin/env bash' '#!${stdenv.shell}'
 
+    # Patch the mimetype database location which is missing on NixOS.
+    substituteInPlace src/mime/type_unix.go \
+      --replace '/etc/mime.types' '${mailcap}/etc/mime.types'
+
     # Disabling the 'os/http/net' tests (they want files not available in
     # chroot builds)
     rm src/net/{listen,parse}_test.go