diff --git a/internal/imports/fix.go b/internal/imports/fix.go
index f95d0f4409..ee01d34b1b 100644
--- a/internal/imports/fix.go
+++ b/internal/imports/fix.go
@@ -749,6 +749,8 @@ type ProcessEnv struct {
 	LocalPrefix string
 	Debug       bool
 
+	BuildFlags []string
+
 	// If non-empty, these will be used instead of the
 	// process-wide values.
 	GOPATH, GOROOT, GO111MODULE, GOPROXY, GOFLAGS, GOSUMDB string
@@ -821,8 +823,13 @@ func (e *ProcessEnv) buildContext() *build.Context {
 	return &ctx
 }
 
-func (e *ProcessEnv) invokeGo(args ...string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("go", args...)
+func (e *ProcessEnv) invokeGo(verb string, args ...string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
+	goArgs := []string{verb}
+	if verb != "env" {
+		goArgs = append(goArgs, e.BuildFlags...)
+	}
+	goArgs = append(goArgs, args...)
+	cmd := exec.Command("go", goArgs...)
 	stdout := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	stderr := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	cmd.Stdout = stdout
diff --git a/internal/lsp/cache/view.go b/internal/lsp/cache/view.go
index 4525853edc..c034ea5f77 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/cache/view.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/cache/view.go
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ func (v *view) buildProcessEnv(ctx context.Context) (*imports.ProcessEnv, error)
 	env, buildFlags := v.env()
 	processEnv := &imports.ProcessEnv{
 		WorkingDir: v.folder.Filename(),
+		BuildFlags: buildFlags,
 		Logf: func(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 			log.Print(ctx, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
 		},
@@ -359,12 +360,6 @@ func (v *view) buildProcessEnv(ctx context.Context) (*imports.ProcessEnv, error)
 			processEnv.GOSUMDB = split[1]
 		}
 	}
-	if len(buildFlags) > 0 {
-		if processEnv.GOFLAGS != "" {
-			processEnv.GOFLAGS += " "
-		}
-		processEnv.GOFLAGS += strings.Join(buildFlags, " ")
-	}
 	return processEnv, nil
 }