diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.1.nix
index e54d12ef9c5..14ea73c2384 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.1.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
+    branch = "1.1";
     homepage = http://golang.org/;
     description = "The Go Programming language";
     license = "BSD";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix
index 8567337be0b..d5ca3bf812e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
+    branch = "1.2";
     homepage = http://golang.org/;
     description = "The Go Programming language";
     license = "BSD";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/default.nix
index b9a76a6f82b..e289ce14ee1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/default.nix
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
+    branch = "1.0";
     homepage = http://golang.org/;
     description = "The Go Programming language";
     license = "BSD";