diff --git a/pkg/traverse/golang.go b/pkg/traverse/golang.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7c3a8521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/traverse/golang.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package traverse
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func GoBinDir(tc Context) (dir string, err error) {
+	if path, ok := tc.LookupEnv("GOPATH"); ok {
+		dir = strings.Split(path, string(os.PathListSeparator))[0]
+	}
+
+	if dir == "" {
+		if dir, err = UserHomeDir(tc); err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		dir += "/go"
+	}
+
+	return filepath.ToSlash(dir) + "/bin", nil
+}