diff --git a/src/cmd/go/build.go b/src/cmd/go/build.go
index 6c6d551e79..ee20a89d86 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/build.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/build.go
@@ -2711,6 +2711,10 @@ func (tools gccgoToolchain) ld(b *builder, root *action, out string, allactions
 		// libffi.
 		ldflags = append(ldflags, "-Wl,-r", "-nostdlib", "-Wl,--whole-archive", "-lgolibbegin", "-Wl,--no-whole-archive")
 
+		if b.gccSupportsNoPie() {
+			ldflags = append(ldflags, "-no-pie")
+		}
+
 		// We are creating an object file, so we don't want a build ID.
 		ldflags = b.disableBuildID(ldflags)
 
@@ -2902,6 +2906,36 @@ func (b *builder) ccompilerCmd(envvar, defcmd, objdir string) []string {
 	return a
 }
 
+// On systems with PIE (position independent executables) enabled by default,
+// -no-pie must be passed when doing a partial link with -Wl,-r. But -no-pie is
+// not supported by all compilers.
+func (b *builder) gccSupportsNoPie() bool {
+	if goos != "linux" {
+		// On some BSD platforms, error messages from the
+		// compiler make it to the console despite cmd.Std*
+		// all being nil. As -no-pie is only required on linux
+		// systems so far, we only test there.
+		return false
+	}
+	src := filepath.Join(b.work, "trivial.c")
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(src, []byte{}, 0666); err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	cmdArgs := b.gccCmd(b.work)
+	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "-no-pie", "-c", "trivial.c")
+	if buildN || buildX {
+		b.showcmd(b.work, "%s", joinUnambiguously(cmdArgs))
+		if buildN {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(cmdArgs[0], cmdArgs[1:]...)
+	cmd.Dir = b.work
+	cmd.Env = envForDir(cmd.Dir, os.Environ())
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	return err == nil
+}
+
 // gccArchArgs returns arguments to pass to gcc based on the architecture.
 func (b *builder) gccArchArgs() []string {
 	switch goarch {
@@ -3158,6 +3192,10 @@ func (b *builder) cgo(p *Package, cgoExe, obj string, pcCFLAGS, pcLDFLAGS, cgofi
 	}
 	ldflags := stringList(bareLDFLAGS, "-Wl,-r", "-nostdlib", staticLibs)
 
+	if b.gccSupportsNoPie() {
+		ldflags = append(ldflags, "-no-pie")
+	}
+
 	// We are creating an object file, so we don't want a build ID.
 	ldflags = b.disableBuildID(ldflags)