diff --git a/src/make.bash b/src/make.bash
index 31387da33cfaa..e517a1bda91dc 100755
--- a/src/make.bash
+++ b/src/make.bash
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fi
 # Get the exact bootstrap toolchain version to help with debugging.
 # We clear GOOS and GOARCH to avoid an ominous but harmless warning if
 # the bootstrap doesn't support them.
-GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION=$(GOOS= GOARCH= $GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP/bin/go version | sed 's/go version //')
+GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION=$(GOOS= GOARCH= GOEXPERIMENT= $GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP/bin/go version | sed 's/go version //')
 echo "Building Go cmd/dist using $GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP. ($GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION)"
 if $verbose; then
 	echo cmd/dist
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ if [ "$GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP" = "$GOROOT" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 rm -f cmd/dist/dist
-GOROOT="$GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP" GOOS="" GOARCH="" GO111MODULE=off "$GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP/bin/go" build -o cmd/dist/dist ./cmd/dist
+GOROOT="$GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP" GOOS="" GOARCH="" GO111MODULE=off GOEXPERIMENT="" "$GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP/bin/go" build -o cmd/dist/dist ./cmd/dist
 
 # -e doesn't propagate out of eval, so check success by hand.
 eval $(./cmd/dist/dist env -p || echo FAIL=true)
diff --git a/src/make.bat b/src/make.bat
index 56da417dd1c47..c2f87ace7593f 100644
--- a/src/make.bat
+++ b/src/make.bat
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ set GOROOT=%GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP%
 set GOOS=
 set GOARCH=
 set GOBIN=
+set GOEXPERIMENT=
 set GO111MODULE=off
 "%GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP%\bin\go.exe" build -o cmd\dist\dist.exe .\cmd\dist
 endlocal
diff --git a/src/make.rc b/src/make.rc
index 066c3ab323be0..273d1511907a4 100755
--- a/src/make.rc
+++ b/src/make.rc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if(~ $GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP $GOROOT){
 echo 'Building Go cmd/dist using '^$GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP
 if(~ $#vflag 1)
 	echo cmd/dist
-GOROOT=$GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP GOOS='' GOARCH='' GO111MODULE=off $GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP/bin/go build -o cmd/dist/dist ./cmd/dist
+GOROOT=$GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP GOOS='' GOARCH='' GOEXPERIMENT='' GO111MODULE=off $GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP/bin/go build -o cmd/dist/dist ./cmd/dist
 
 eval `{./cmd/dist/dist env -9}
 if(~ $#vflag 1)