diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix
index 0df2e8d6f7e..7fa35e1fcac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.7.nix
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     [ ./remove-tools-1.7.patch
       ./cacert-1.7.patch
       ./creds-test.patch
+
+      # This test checks for the wrong thing with recent tzdata. It's been fixed in master but the patch
+      # actually works on old versions too.
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url    = "https://github.com/golang/go/commit/91563ced5897faf729a34be7081568efcfedda31.patch";
+        sha256 = "1ny5l3f8a9dpjjrnjnsplb66308a0x13sa0wwr4j6yrkc8j4qxqi";
+      })
     ];
 
   SSL_CERT_FILE = "${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt";