diff --git a/cmake/CMakeDetermineGoCompiler.cmake b/cmake/CMakeDetermineGoCompiler.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b3f8fbe271d80aaa72d90d167a0d8130bec7f362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CMakeDetermineGoCompiler.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+if(NOT CMAKE_Go_COMPILER)
+  if(NOT $ENV{GO_COMPILER} STREQUAL "")
+    get_filename_component(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER_INIT $ENV{GO_COMPILER} PROGRAM PROGRAM_ARGS CMAKE_Go_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
+
+    if(CMAKE_Go_FLAGS_ENV_INIT)
+      set(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER_ARG1 "${CMAKE_Go_FLAGS_ENV_INIT}" CACHE STRING "First argument to Go compiler")
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_Go_COMPILER_INIT})
+      message(SEND_ERROR "Could not find compiler set in environment variable GO_COMPILER:\n$ENV{GO_COMPILER}.")
+    endif()
+
+  endif()
+
+  set(Go_BIN_PATH
+    $ENV{GOPATH}
+    $ENV{GOROOT}
+    $ENV{GOROOT}/../bin
+    $ENV{GO_COMPILER}
+    /usr/bin
+    /usr/local/bin
+    )
+
+  if(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER_INIT)
+    set(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER ${CMAKE_Go_COMPILER_INIT} CACHE PATH "Go Compiler")
+  else()
+    find_program(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER
+      NAMES go
+      PATHS ${Go_BIN_PATH}
+    )
+    EXEC_PROGRAM(${CMAKE_Go_COMPILER} ARGS version OUTPUT_VARIABLE GOLANG_VERSION)
+    STRING(REGEX MATCH "go[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+[ /A-Za-z0-9]*" VERSION "${GOLANG_VERSION}")
+    message("-- The Golang compiler identification is ${VERSION}")
+    message("-- Check for working Golang compiler: ${CMAKE_Go_COMPILER}")
+  endif()
+
+endif()
+
+mark_as_advanced(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER)
+
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/CMakeGoCompiler.cmake.in
+  ${CMAKE_PLATFORM_INFO_DIR}/CMakeGoCompiler.cmake @ONLY)
+
+set(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER_ENV_VAR "GO_COMPILER")
diff --git a/cmake/CMakeGoCompiler.cmake.in b/cmake/CMakeGoCompiler.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a71f08e064656fbaad8cfa77aea6f216515712ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CMakeGoCompiler.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+set(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER "@CMAKE_Go_COMPILER@")
+set(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER_LOADED 1)
+
+set(CMAKE_Go_SOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS go)
+set(CMAKE_Go_LINKER_PREFERENCE 40)
+set(CMAKE_Go_OUTPUT_EXTENSION .o)
+set(CMAKE_Go_OUTPUT_EXTENSION_REPLACE 1)
+set(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER_ENV_VAR "GO_COMPILER")
diff --git a/cmake/CMakeGoInformation.cmake b/cmake/CMakeGoInformation.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ba51ac93fcd429478f324b66bd5129d94ea2a8f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CMakeGoInformation.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+if(NOT CMAKE_Go_COMPILE_OBJECT)
+  set(CMAKE_Go_COMPILE_OBJECT "go tool compile -l -N -o <OBJECT> <SOURCE> ")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_Go_LINK_EXECUTABLE)
+  set(CMAKE_Go_LINK_EXECUTABLE "go tool link -o <TARGET> <OBJECTS>  ")
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/CMakeTestGoCompiler.cmake b/cmake/CMakeTestGoCompiler.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b9891b015baced05b51e34dba562fd98a84fe14c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CMakeTestGoCompiler.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+set(CMAKE_Go_COMPILER_WORKS 1 CACHE INTERNAL "")