diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix
index e941910a41b2..d9924c567442 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.6.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, tzdata, iana_etc, go_1_4, runCommand
-, perl, which, pkgconfig, patch
+, perl, which, pkgconfig, patch, fetchpatch
 , pcre
 , Security, Foundation }:
 
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./remove-tools-1.5.patch
+    # Fix bug when using musl (see https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14476)
+    # Should be fixed by go 1.6.1
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/golang/go/commit/1439158120742e5f41825de90a76b680da64bf76.patch";
+      sha256 = "0yixpbx056ns5wgd3f4absgiyc2ymmqk8mkhhz5ja90dvilzxcwd";
+    })
   ]
   # -ldflags=-s is required to compile on Darwin, see
   # https://github.com/golang/go/issues/11994