diff --git a/lang/golang/golang/Makefile b/lang/golang/golang/Makefile
index c242c1cc8..5e26461f5 100644
--- a/lang/golang/golang/Makefile
+++ b/lang/golang/golang/Makefile
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ This package provides the Go programming language source files needed
 for cross-compilation.
 endef
 
+PKG_GO_ZBOOTSTRAP_MODS:= \
+	s/defaultGO386 = `[^`]*`/defaultGO386 = `$(if $(GO_386),$(GO_386),387)`/; \
+	s/defaultGOARM = `[^`]*`/defaultGOARM = `$(if $(GO_ARM),$(GO_ARM),5)`/; \
+	s/defaultGOMIPS = `[^`]*`/defaultGOMIPS = `$(if $(GO_MIPS),$(GO_MIPS),hardfloat)`/; \
+	s/defaultGOMIPS64 = `[^`]*`/defaultGOMIPS64 = `$(if $(GO_MIPS64),$(GO_MIPS64),hardfloat)`/; \
+	s/defaultGOPPC64 = `[^`]*`/defaultGOPPC64 = `power8`/;
+
 define Download/golang-bootstrap
   FILE:=$(BOOTSTRAP_SOURCE)
   URL:=$(BOOTSTRAP_SOURCE_URL)
@@ -233,6 +240,11 @@ define Build/Compile
 		PATH=$(HOST_GO_ROOT)/openwrt:$$$$PATH \
 	)
 
+  ifneq ($(PKG_GO_ZBOOTSTRAP_MODS),)
+	$(SED) '$(PKG_GO_ZBOOTSTRAP_MODS)' \
+		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/cmd/internal/objabi/zbootstrap.go
+  endif
+
 	@echo "Building target Go second stage"
 
 	( \