diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 5e41d66630..4ca6333c4a 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 . ./scripts/version.sh
 
+GO=${GO-go}
+
 PKG="github.com/rancher/k3s"
 PKG_CONTAINERD="github.com/containerd/containerd"
 PKG_RANCHER_CONTAINERD="github.com/rancher/containerd"
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ fi
 
 mkdir -p bin
 
-if [ -z "$GOARM" ] && [ "arm" = "$(go env GOARCH)" ]; then
+if [ -z "$GOARM" ] && [ "arm" = "$("${GO}" env GOARCH)" ]; then
     GOARM=7
 fi
 
@@ -98,24 +100,24 @@ if [ ! -x ${INSTALLBIN}/cni ]; then
     WORKDIR=$TMPDIR/src/github.com/containernetworking/plugins
     git clone -b $VERSION_CNIPLUGINS https://github.com/rancher/plugins.git $WORKDIR
     cd $WORKDIR
-    GOPATH=$TMPDIR CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$LDFLAGS $STATIC" -o $INSTALLBIN/cni
+    GOPATH=$TMPDIR CGO_ENABLED=0 "${GO}" build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$LDFLAGS $STATIC" -o $INSTALLBIN/cni
 )
 fi
 # echo Building agent
-# CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC" -o bin/k3s-agent ./cmd/agent/main.go
+# CGO_ENABLED=1 "${GO}" build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC" -o bin/k3s-agent ./cmd/agent/main.go
 echo Building server
-CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_SQLITE" -o bin/containerd ./cmd/server/main.go
+CGO_ENABLED=1 "${GO}" build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_SQLITE" -o bin/containerd ./cmd/server/main.go
 ln -s containerd ./bin/k3s-agent
 ln -s containerd ./bin/k3s-server
 ln -s containerd ./bin/kubectl
 ln -s containerd ./bin/crictl
 ln -s containerd ./bin/ctr
 #echo Building hyperkube
-#CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_SQLITE" -o bin/hyperkube ./vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/hyperkube/
+#CGO_ENABLED=1 "${GO}" build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_SQLITE" -o bin/hyperkube ./vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/hyperkube/
 #echo Building ctr
-#CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_SQLITE" -o bin/ctr ./cmd/ctr/main.go
+#CGO_ENABLED=1 "${GO}" build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_SQLITE" -o bin/ctr ./cmd/ctr/main.go
 # echo Building containerd
-# CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC" -o bin/containerd ./cmd/containerd/
+# CGO_ENABLED=0 "${GO}" build -tags "$TAGS" -ldflags "$VERSIONFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC" -o bin/containerd ./cmd/containerd/
 echo Building runc
 rm -f ./vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/runc
 make EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-w -s" BUILDTAGS="$RUNC_TAGS" -C ./vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc $RUNC_STATIC
diff --git a/scripts/dev-agent.sh b/scripts/dev-agent.sh
index e860519c7d..1ec0feaf86 100755
--- a/scripts/dev-agent.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev-agent.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 . ./scripts/setup-rancher-path.sh
 
+GO=${GO-go}
+
 # Prime sudo
 sudo echo Compiling
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ if [ ! -e bin/containerd ]; then
     ./scripts/package
 else
     rm -f ./bin/k3s-agent
-    go build -tags "apparmor seccomp" -o ./bin/k3s-agent ./cmd/agent/main.go
+    "${GO}" build -tags "apparmor seccomp" -o ./bin/k3s-agent ./cmd/agent/main.go
 fi
 
 echo Starting agent
diff --git a/scripts/dev-server.sh b/scripts/dev-server.sh
index ba928b21be..a9f8a1ed1d 100755
--- a/scripts/dev-server.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev-server.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+GO=${GO-go}
+
 mkdir -p $(dirname $0)/../bin
 cd $(dirname $0)/../bin
 
@@ -10,4 +12,4 @@ if echo -- "$@" | grep -q rootless; then
     ARGS=""
     PATH=$(pwd):$PATH
 fi
-go run -tags "apparmor" ../main.go server $ARGS "$@"
+"${GO}" run -tags "apparmor" ../main.go server $ARGS "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/log-upload b/scripts/log-upload
index 10589ac5f7..8db501e3f6 100755
--- a/scripts/log-upload
+++ b/scripts/log-upload
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 umask 077
 
+GO=${GO-go}
+
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 cleanup() {
   exit_code=$?
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ END
 HOME=${TMPDIR}
 PATH=$PATH:${HOME}/gsutil
 
-LOG_TGZ=k3s-log-$(date +%s)-$(go env GOARCH)-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)-$(basename $1).tgz
+LOG_TGZ=k3s-log-$(date +%s)-$("${GO}" env GOARCH)-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)-$(basename $1).tgz
 
 tar -cz -f ${TMPDIR}/${LOG_TGZ} -C $(dirname $1) $(basename $1)
 gsutil cp ${TMPDIR}/${LOG_TGZ} gs://k3s-ci-logs || exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/package-cli b/scripts/package-cli
index 4c66ce32df..4ca3a6f27f 100755
--- a/scripts/package-cli
+++ b/scripts/package-cli
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 . ./scripts/version.sh
 
+GO=${GO-go}
+
 rm -rf bin/crictl bin/kubectl bin/k3s-agent bin/k3s-server bin/kubectl bin/k3s build/data
 ln -s containerd bin/k3s-agent
 ln -s containerd bin/k3s-server
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ fi
 
 CMD_NAME=dist/artifacts/k3s${BIN_SUFFIX}
 
-go generate
+"${GO}" generate
 LDFLAGS="
     -X github.com/rancher/k3s/pkg/version.Version=$VERSION
     -X github.com/rancher/k3s/pkg/version.GitCommit=${COMMIT:0:8}
@@ -59,6 +61,6 @@ STATIC="-extldflags '-static'"
 if [ "$DQLITE" = "true" ]; then
     DQLITE_TAGS="dqlite"
 fi
-CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -tags "$DQLITE_TAGS" -ldflags "$LDFLAGS $STATIC" -o ${CMD_NAME} ./cmd/k3s/main.go
+CGO_ENABLED=0 "${GO}" build -tags "$DQLITE_TAGS" -ldflags "$LDFLAGS $STATIC" -o ${CMD_NAME} ./cmd/k3s/main.go
 
 ./scripts/build-upload ${CMD_NAME} ${COMMIT}
diff --git a/scripts/validate b/scripts/validate
index f0d75057fe..6b5644513f 100755
--- a/scripts/validate
+++ b/scripts/validate
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
+GO=${GO-go}
+
 if ! command -v golangci-lint; then
     echo Skipping validation: no golangci-lint available
     exit
@@ -13,8 +15,8 @@ if [ ! -e build/data ];then
     mkdir -p build/data
 fi
 
-echo Running: go generate
-go generate
+echo Running: "${GO}" generate
+"${GO}" generate
 
 echo Running: golangci-lint
 golangci-lint run
diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index 1ff94f4c71..c6ea2d6896 100755
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-ARCH=${ARCH:-$(go env GOARCH)}
+GO=${GO-go}
+ARCH=${ARCH:-$("${GO}" env GOARCH)}
 SUFFIX="-${ARCH}"
 GIT_TAG=$DRONE_TAG
 TREE_STATE=clean