diff --git a/src/crypto/boring/boring.go b/src/crypto/boring/boring.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31831d6412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crypto/boring/boring.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package boring exposes functions that are only available when building with
+// Go+BoringCrypto. This package is available on all targets as long as the
+// Go+BoringCrypto toolchain is used. Use the Enabled function to determine
+// whether the BoringCrypto core is actually in use.
+package boring
+
+import "crypto/internal/boring"
+
+// Enabled reports whether BoringCrypto handles supported crypto operations.
+func Enabled() bool {
+	return boring.Enabled
+}
diff --git a/src/crypto/boring/boring_test.go b/src/crypto/boring/boring_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ace50de0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crypto/boring/boring_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package boring_test
+
+import (
+	"crypto/boring"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	supportedPlatform := runtime.GOOS == "linux" && runtime.GOARCH == "amd64"
+	if supportedPlatform && !boring.Enabled() {
+		t.Error("Enabled returned false on a supported platform")
+	} else if !supportedPlatform && boring.Enabled() {
+		t.Error("Enabled returned true on an unsupported platform")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/go/build/deps_test.go b/src/go/build/deps_test.go
index 62d6e6296b..dc2db2c0fe 100644
--- a/src/go/build/deps_test.go
+++ b/src/go/build/deps_test.go
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ var depsRules = `
 	crypto/internal/boring/sig, crypto/internal/boring/fipstls
 	< crypto/tls/fipsonly;
 
+	crypto/internal/boring
+	< crypto/boring;
+
 	# crypto-aware packages
 
 	NET, crypto/rand, mime/quotedprintable