diff --git a/autoload/go/complete.vim b/autoload/go/complete.vim
index f468d44486..e65b008aa7 100644
--- a/autoload/go/complete.vim
+++ b/autoload/go/complete.vim
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ function! s:gocodeCommand(cmd, preargs, args)
   " we might hit cache problems, as gocode doesn't handle well different
   " GOPATHS: https://github.com/nsf/gocode/issues/239
   let old_gopath = $GOPATH
+  let old_goroot = $GOROOT
   let $GOPATH = go#path#Detect()
+  let $GOROOT = go#util#env("goroot")
 
   let socket_type = get(g:, 'go_gocode_socket_type', s:sock_type)
   let cmd = printf('%s -sock %s %s %s %s', 
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ function! s:gocodeCommand(cmd, preargs, args)
 
   let result = go#util#System(cmd)
   let $GOPATH = old_gopath
+  let $GOROOT = old_goroot
+
   if go#util#ShellError() != 0
     return "[\"0\", []]"
   else
diff --git a/autoload/go/tool.vim b/autoload/go/tool.vim
index c41bbd27d5..fe7f257571 100644
--- a/autoload/go/tool.vim
+++ b/autoload/go/tool.vim
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ endfunction
 
 function! go#tool#ExecuteInDir(cmd) abort
   let old_gopath = $GOPATH
+  let old_goroot = $GOROOT
   let $GOPATH = go#path#Detect()
+  let $GOROOT = go#util#env("goroot")
 
   let cd = exists('*haslocaldir') && haslocaldir() ? 'lcd ' : 'cd '
   let dir = getcwd()
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ function! go#tool#ExecuteInDir(cmd) abort
     execute cd . fnameescape(dir)
   endtry
 
+  let $GOROOT = old_goroot
   let $GOPATH = old_gopath
   return out
 endfunction
diff --git a/autoload/go/util.vim b/autoload/go/util.vim
index 0251b14a43..8792e2304c 100644
--- a/autoload/go/util.vim
+++ b/autoload/go/util.vim
@@ -43,6 +43,31 @@ function! go#util#IsWin()
   return 0
 endfunction
 
+let s:env_cache = {}
+
+" env returns the go environment variable for the given key. Where key can be
+" GOARCH, GOOS, GOROOT, etc... It caches the result and returns the cached
+" version. 
+function! go#util#env(key)
+  let l:key = tolower(a:key)
+  if has_key(s:env_cache, l:key)
+    return s:env_cache[l:key]
+  endif
+
+  if executable('go')
+    let l:var = call('go#util#'.l:key, [])
+    if go#util#ShellError() != 0
+      call go#util#EchoError(printf("'go env %s' failed", toupper(l:key)))
+      return ''
+    endif
+  else
+    let l:var = eval("$".toupper(a:key))
+  endif
+
+  let s:env_cache[l:key] = l:var
+  return l:var
+endfunction
+
 function! go#util#goarch()
   return substitute(go#util#System('go env GOARCH'), '\n', '', 'g')
 endfunction