diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/pond/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/pond/default.nix
index 9d3954d839ba..31a7dcd1f561 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/pond/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/pond/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, fetchhg, go, trousers }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, fetchhg, go_1_3, trousers }:
 
 let deps = import ./deps.nix {
   inherit stdenv lib fetchgit fetchhg;
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let deps = import ./deps.nix {
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pond";
 
-  buildInputs  = [ go trousers ];
+  buildInputs  = [ go_1_3 trousers ];
 
   unpackPhase = ''
     export GOPATH=$PWD
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1437da0e733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchgit, bison, glibc, bash, coreutils, makeWrapper, tzdata, iana_etc, perl }:
+
+let
+  loader386 = "${glibc}/lib/ld-linux.so.2";
+  loaderAmd64 = "${glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2";
+  loaderArm = "${glibc}/lib/ld-linux.so.3";
+  srcs = {
+    golang = fetchurl {
+      url = https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.4.src.tar.gz;
+      sha1 = "6a7d9bd90550ae1e164d7803b3e945dc8309252b";
+    };
+    tools = fetchgit {
+      url = https://github.com/golang/tools.git;
+      rev = "c836fe615a448dbf9ff5448c1aa657479a0d0aeb";
+      sha256 = "0q9jnhmgmm3xzjss7ndsi6nyykmmb1y984n98118c2sipi183xp5";
+    };
+  };
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "go-1.4";
+
+  src = srcs.golang;
+
+  # perl is used for testing go vet
+  buildInputs = [ bison bash makeWrapper perl ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ glibc ] ;
+
+  # I'm not sure what go wants from its 'src', but the go installation manual
+  # describes an installation keeping the src.
+  preUnpack = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share
+    cd $out/share
+  '';
+  postUnpack = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/go/src/golang.org/x
+    cp -rv --no-preserve=mode,ownership ${srcs.tools} $out/share/go/src/golang.org/x/tools
+  '';
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    # Ensure that the source directory is named go
+    cd ..
+    if [ ! -d go ]; then
+      mv * go
+    fi
+    cd go
+    patchShebangs ./ # replace /bin/bash
+
+    # Disabling the 'os/http/net' tests (they want files not available in
+    # chroot builds)
+    rm src/net/{multicast_test.go,parse_test.go,port_test.go}
+    # !!! substituteInPlace does not seems to be effective.
+    # The os test wants to read files in an existing path. Just don't let it be /usr/bin.
+    sed -i 's,/usr/bin,'"`pwd`", src/os/os_test.go
+    sed -i 's,/bin/pwd,'"`type -P pwd`", src/os/os_test.go
+    # Disable the unix socket test
+    sed -i '/TestShutdownUnix/areturn' src/net/net_test.go
+    # Disable the hostname test
+    sed -i '/TestHostname/areturn' src/os/os_test.go
+    sed -i 's,/etc/protocols,${iana_etc}/etc/protocols,' src/net/lookup_unix.go
+    # ParseInLocation fails the test
+    sed -i '/TestParseInSydney/areturn' src/time/format_test.go
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
+    sed -i 's,/usr/share/zoneinfo/,${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo/,' src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go
+    sed -i 's,/lib/ld-linux.so.3,${loaderArm},' src/cmd/5l/asm.c
+    sed -i 's,/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2,${loaderAmd64},' src/cmd/6l/asm.c
+    sed -i 's,/lib/ld-linux.so.2,${loader386},' src/cmd/8l/asm.c
+  '';
+
+  patches = [ ./cacert-1.4.patch ];
+
+  GOOS = if stdenv.isDarwin then "darwin" else "linux";
+  GOARCH = if stdenv.isDarwin then "amd64"
+           else if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then "386"
+           else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "amd64"
+           else if stdenv.system == "armv5tel-linux" then "arm"
+           else throw "Unsupported system";
+  GOARM = stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.system == "armv5tel-linux") "5";
+  GO386 = 387; # from Arch: don't assume sse2 on i686
+  CGO_ENABLED = if stdenv.isDarwin then 0 else 1;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    export CC=cc
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+    export GOROOT="$(pwd)/"
+    export GOBIN="$out/bin"
+    export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"
+    cd ./src
+    ./all.bash
+    cd -
+
+    # Build extra tooling
+    # TODO: Fix godoc tests
+    TOOL_ROOT=golang.org/x/tools/cmd
+    go install -v $TOOL_ROOT/cover $TOOL_ROOT/vet $TOOL_ROOT/godoc
+    go test -v    $TOOL_ROOT/cover $TOOL_ROOT/vet # $TOOL_ROOT/godoc
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://golang.org/;
+    description = "The Go Programming language";
+    license = "BSD";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux ++ stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/cacert-1.4.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/cacert-1.4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5346d3f39505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/cacert-1.4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Go comes with hardcoded cacert. We add the usual in NixOS,
+for easier NixOS life.
+
+diff -r 14854533dcc7 src/crypto/x509/root_unix.go
+--- a/src/crypto/x509/root_unix.go	Thu Dec 11 11:27:56 2014 +1100
++++ b/src/crypto/x509/root_unix.go	Tue Jan 06 00:41:31 2015 -0600
+@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
+ 	"/usr/local/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt", // FreeBSD/DragonFly
+ 	"/etc/pki/tls/cacert.pem",                // OpenELEC
+ 	"/etc/certs/ca-certificates.crt",         // Solaris 11.2+
++	"/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt",           // NixOS
+ }
+ 
+ // Possible directories with certificate files; stop after successfully
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/gox.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/gox.nix
index da40b7570fe5..932c3967726c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/gox.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/gox.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, go, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, lib, go_1_3, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 let
   goDeps = [
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = sources;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ go ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ go_1_3 ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/golint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/golint/default.nix
index b9292f6fa117..83dd50f8d4cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/golint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/golint/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, go, fetchurl, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, lib, go_1_3, fetchurl, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "golint";
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit stdenv lib fetchgit fetchhg fetchbzr fetchFromGitHub;
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ go ];
+  buildInputs = [ go_1_3 ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
     export GOPATH=$src
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix
index 0874ef38eb3d..a20b1d577754 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, go }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, go_1_3 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "logstash-forwarder-20141216";
   src = fetchgit {
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     rev = "6082bd8aaecb2180f5b56f4fb1b2940a6935ef7b";
     sha256 = "1686rlx5p7d2806cg8y4376m4l7nvg1yjgg52ccrs0v4fnqs6292";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ go ];
+  buildInputs = [ go_1_3 ];
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     cp build/bin/logstash-forwarder $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c3b45fbc8212..a740202ecbda 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3418,7 +3418,9 @@ let
 
   go_1_3 = callPackage ../development/compilers/go/1.3.nix { };
 
-  go = go_1_3;
+  go_1_4 = callPackage ../development/compilers/go/1.4.nix { };
+
+  go = go_1_4;
 
   go-repo-root = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/go-repo-root { };