diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-golang.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-golang.txt
index b6d1f5e6b4..efcf696867 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-golang.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-golang.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,18 @@ therefore only use a few of them, or none.
 
 * +FOO_BUILD_TARGETS+ can be used to pass the list of targets that
   should be built. If +FOO_BUILD_TARGETS+ is not specified, it
-  defaults to +.+.
+  defaults to +.+. We then have two cases:
+
+** +FOO_BUILD_TARGETS+ is +.+. In this case, we assume only one binary
+   will be produced, and that by default we name it after the package
+   name. If that is not appropriate, the name of the produced binary
+   can be overridden using +FOO_BIN_NAME+.
+
+** +FOO_BUILD_TARGETS+ is not +.+. In this case, we iterate over the
+   values to build each target, and for each produced a binary that is
+   the non-directory component of the target. For example if
+   +FOO_BUILD_TARGETS = cmd/docker cmd/dockerd+ the binaries produced
+   are +docker+ and +dockerd+.
 
 * +FOO_INSTALL_BINS+ can be used to pass the list of binaries that
   should be installed in +/usr/bin+ on the target. If
diff --git a/package/pkg-golang.mk b/package/pkg-golang.mk
index f51b2ee2e0..342d17fbd9 100644
--- a/package/pkg-golang.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-golang.mk
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@ $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += host-go
 
 $(2)_BUILD_TARGETS ?= .
 
-$(2)_INSTALL_BINS ?= $(1)
+# If the build target is just ".", then we assume the binary to be
+# produced is named after the package. If however, a build target has
+# been specified, we assume that the binaries to be produced are named
+# after each build target building them (below in <pkg>_BUILD_CMDS).
+ifeq ($$($(2)_BUILD_TARGETS),.)
+$(2)_BIN_NAME ?= $(1)
+endif
 
-# The go build/install command installs the binaries inside
-# gopath/bin/linux_GOARCH/ when cross compilation is enabled. We set this
-# variable here to be used by packages if needed.
-$(2)_BINDIR = $$($(2)_WORKSPACE)/bin/linux_$$(GO_GOARCH)
+$(2)_BINDIR = bin
+$(2)_INSTALL_BINS ?= $(1)
 
 # Source files in Go should be extracted in a precise folder in the hierarchy
 # of GOPATH. It usually resolves around domain/vendor/software. By default, we
@@ -84,17 +88,13 @@ $(2)_SRC_PATH = $$(@D)/$$($(2)_WORKSPACE)/src/$$($(2)_SRC_SUBDIR)
 # file.
 ifndef $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	mkdir -p $$(@D)/$$($(2)_WORKSPACE)/bin
 	mkdir -p $$(dir $$($(2)_SRC_PATH))
 	ln -sf $$(@D) $$($(2)_SRC_PATH)
 endef
 endif
 
-# Build step. Only define it if not already defined by the package .mk file. We
-# use the install command instead of build command here because the install
-# command just moves the package binaries into <workspace>/bin/linux_GOARCH/.
-# This leverages the go build infrastructure for building and installing
-# multiple binaries.
+# Build step. Only define it if not already defined by the package .mk
+# file.
 ifndef $(2)_BUILD_CMDS
 define $(2)_BUILD_CMDS
 	$$(foreach d,$$($(2)_BUILD_TARGETS),\
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ define $(2)_BUILD_CMDS
 		$$(GO_TARGET_ENV) \
 			GOPATH="$$(@D)/$$($(2)_WORKSPACE)" \
 			$$($(2)_GO_ENV) \
-			$$(GO_BIN) install -v $$($(2)_BUILD_OPTS) ./$$(d)
+			$$(GO_BIN) build -v $$($(2)_BUILD_OPTS) \
+			-o $$(@D)/$$($(2)_BINDIR)/$$(or $$($(2)_BIN_NAME),$$(notdir $$(d))) \
+			./$$(d)
 	)
 endef
 endif