diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/go/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/go/package.mk
index 627fc20550..fb99e7005c 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/go/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/go/package.mk
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 configure_host() {
   export GOOS=linux
   export GOROOT_FINAL=$TOOLCHAIN/lib/golang
-  export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/usr/lib/golang
+  if [ -x /usr/lib/go/bin/go ]; then
+    export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/usr/lib/go
+  else
+    export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/usr/lib/golang
+  fi
   export GOARCH=amd64
 }