diff --git a/proc/proc.go b/proc/proc.go
index d27e12f055d115cdeb3a70c4cf4f967c41f2cc40..4edc951de3f5a203241a35ad8e21455d6bc39725 100644
--- a/proc/proc.go
+++ b/proc/proc.go
@@ -470,9 +470,13 @@ func (dbp *Process) GoroutinesInfo() ([]*G, error) {
 	allglen := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(allglenBytes)
 
 	rdr.Seek(0)
-	allgentryaddr, err := rdr.AddrFor("runtime.allg")
+	allgentryaddr, err := rdr.AddrFor("runtime.allgs")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		// try old name (pre Go 1.6)
+		allgentryaddr, err = rdr.AddrFor("runtime.allg")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 	faddr, err := dbp.CurrentThread.readMemory(uintptr(allgentryaddr), dbp.arch.PtrSize())
 	allgptr := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(faddr)