diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go.eclass
index 4130c130b2..b2b03adb27 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go.eclass
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ go_build() {
 	local binary_name="${package_name##*/}"
 
 	go build -x -p "$(makeopts_jobs)" \
-		-ldflags "-extldflags '${LDFLAGS}'" \
+		-ldflags "${GO_LDFLAGS} -extldflags '${LDFLAGS}'" \
 		-o "${GOPATH}/bin/${binary_name}" "${package_name}" \
 		|| die "${ECLASS}: go build failed"
 }