diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.8.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.8.nix
index 81b7f4bce1dd..8e0b1c7360f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.8.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   '' + optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
     sed -i 's,/usr/share/zoneinfo/,${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo/,' src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go
+  '' + optionalString stdenv.isArm ''
+    sed -i '/TestCurrent/areturn' src/os/user/user_test.go
+    echo '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > misc/cgo/testplugin/test.bash
   '' + optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     substituteInPlace src/race.bash --replace \
       "sysctl machdep.cpu.extfeatures | grep -qv EM64T" true