diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/gccgo.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/gccgo.go
index 3ffd01c473..45ff7c9838 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/gccgo.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/gccgo.go
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ func (tools gccgoToolchain) gc(b *Builder, a *Action, archive string, importcfg,
 			args = append(args, "-I", root)
 		}
 	}
+	if embedcfg != nil && b.gccSupportsFlag(args[:1], "-fgo-embedcfg=/dev/null") {
+		if err := b.writeFile(objdir+"embedcfg", embedcfg); err != nil {
+			return "", nil, err
+		}
+		args = append(args, "-fgo-embedcfg="+objdir+"embedcfg")
+	}
 
 	if b.gccSupportsFlag(args[:1], "-ffile-prefix-map=a=b") {
 		if cfg.BuildTrimpath {