diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix
index 61408c0ebb3..0eebc92ee59 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
            else if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then "386"
            else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "amd64"
            else if stdenv.isArm then "arm"
+           else if stdenv.isAarch64 then "arm64"
            else throw "Unsupported system";
   GOARM = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.system == "armv5tel-linux") "5";
   GO386 = 387; # from Arch: don't assume sse2 on i686
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix
index d7a824239b8..b1230da5a14 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
            else if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then "386"
            else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "amd64"
            else if stdenv.isArm then "arm"
+           else if stdenv.isAarch64 then "arm64"
            else throw "Unsupported system";
   GOARM = optionalString (stdenv.system == "armv5tel-linux") "5";
   GO386 = 387; # from Arch: don't assume sse2 on i686
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.8.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.8.nix
index 8e0b1c7360f..8a675b1b776 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.8.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
            else if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then "386"
            else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "amd64"
            else if stdenv.isArm then "arm"
+           else if stdenv.isAarch64 then "arm64"
            else throw "Unsupported system";
   GOARM = optionalString (stdenv.system == "armv5tel-linux") "5";
   GO386 = 387; # from Arch: don't assume sse2 on i686
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 00d56ee2be6..0869c46849a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5596,9 +5596,18 @@ with pkgs;
 
   glslang = callPackage ../development/compilers/glslang { };
 
-  go_bootstrap = callPackage ../development/compilers/go/1.4.nix {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
-  };
+  go_bootstrap = if stdenv.isAarch64 then
+    srcOnly {
+      name = "go-1.8-linux-arm64-bootstrap";
+      src = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://cache.xor.us/go-1.8-linux-arm64-bootstrap.tar.xz";
+        sha256 = "0sk6g03x9gbxk2k1djnrgy8rzw1zc5f6ssw0hbxk6kjr85lpmld6";
+      };
+    }
+  else
+    callPackage ../development/compilers/go/1.4.nix {
+      inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
+    };
 
   go_1_6 = callPackage ../development/compilers/go/1.6.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security Foundation;