diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1d8e3df..6539ebd 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -176,6 +176,16 @@ You can specify:
 
     Centos has no native ``snapd`` package at this time.
 
+
+``packages.golang``
+-------------------
+
+You can specify:
+
+* ``clean`` golang packages, removed using ``go clean -i <item>...``.
+* ``goget`` golang packages, installed using ``go get``.
+
+
 ``packages.remote_pkgs``
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/kitchen.yml b/kitchen.yml
index 6032baf..e6a9296 100644
--- a/kitchen.yml
+++ b/kitchen.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ platforms:
       run_command: /lib/systemd/systemd
       provision_command:
         - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales git
+        - echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin' >/etc/default/golang.sh
+        - export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin"
   - name: ubuntu-18.04
     driver_config:
       image: ubuntu:18.04
       run_command: /lib/systemd/systemd
       provision_command:
         - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales git
+        - echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin' >/etc/default/golang.sh
+        - export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin"
   - name: ubuntu-16.04
     driver_config:
       image: ubuntu:16.04
@@ -35,6 +39,8 @@ platforms:
         - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales git
         - locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
         - update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+        - echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin' >/etc/default/golang.sh
+        - export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin"
   - name: centos-7
     driver_config:
       image: centos:7
diff --git a/packages/archives.sls b/packages/archives.sls
index e666db4..54babfd 100644
--- a/packages/archives.sls
+++ b/packages/archives.sls
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ packages-archive-wanted-target-{{ package }}-directory:
       {%- if packages.tmpdir != '/tmp' %}
       - {{ packages.tmpdir }}
       {%- endif %}
-    - user: {{ 'root' if 'user' not in archive else archive.user }}
+    - user: {{ packages.rootuser if 'user' not in archive else archive.user }}
     - mode: {{ '0755' if 'mode' not in archive else archive.mode }}
     - makedirs: True
     - require_in:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ packages-archive-wanted-download-{{ package }}:
     - name: {{ archive.dest }}/{{ archivename }}
     - source: {{ archive.dl.source }}
     - mode: {{ '0755' if archive.dl.format in ('bin',) else '0644' if 'mode' not in archive else archive.mode }}
-    - user: {{ 'root' if 'user' not in archive else archive.user }}
+    - user: {{ packages.rootuser if 'user' not in archive else archive.user }}
     - makedirs: True
        {%- if 'hashsum' in archive.dl and archive.dl.hashsum %}
     - source_hash: {{ archive.dl.hashsum }}
diff --git a/packages/defaults.yaml b/packages/defaults.yaml
index dc18809..a363cdd 100644
--- a/packages/defaults.yaml
+++ b/packages/defaults.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # vim: ft=yaml
 packages:
   tmpdir: /tmp/saltstack-packages-formula-archives
+  rootuser: root
   remote_pkgs: {}
   pkgs:
     held: {}
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ packages:
     required:
       states: []
       pkgs: []
+  golang:
+    goget: []
+    clean: []
   archives:
     pkgs:
       required: ['curl', 'bzip2', 'gzip']
diff --git a/packages/golang/clean.sls b/packages/golang/clean.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3c4bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/golang/clean.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ft=sls
+
+{#- Get the `tplroot` from `tpldir` #}
+{%- set tplroot = tpldir.split('/')[0] %}
+{%- from tplroot ~ "/map.jinja" import packages with context %}
+ 
+    {%- for package in packages.golang.clean %}
+
+packages-golang-clean-{{ package }}-cmd-run:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: go clean -i {{ package }}...
+    - runas: {{ packages.rootuser }}
+
+    {%- endfor %}
diff --git a/packages/golang/goget.sls b/packages/golang/goget.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee138f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/golang/goget.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ft=sls
+
+{#- Get the `tplroot` from `tpldir` #}
+{%- set tplroot = tpldir.split('/')[0] %}
+{%- from tplroot ~ "/map.jinja" import packages with context %}
+ 
+    {%- for package in packages.golang.goget %}
+
+packages-golang-goget-{{ package }}-cmd-run:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: go get {{ package }}
+    - runas: {{ packages.rootuser }}
+
+    {%- endfor %}
diff --git a/packages/golang/init.sls b/packages/golang/init.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba0a430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/golang/init.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ft=sls
+
+include:
+  - .clean
+  - .goget
diff --git a/packages/map.jinja b/packages/map.jinja
index 401c360..c2d1a65 100644
--- a/packages/map.jinja
+++ b/packages/map.jinja
@@ -18,3 +18,10 @@
     ),
     base='packages')
 %}
+
+{#- Post-processing for specific non-YAML customisations #}
+{%- do packages.update({'kernel': grains.kernel | lower}) %}
+{%- if grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
+{%-   set macos_user = salt['cmd.run']("stat -f '%Su' /dev/console") %}
+{%-   do packages.update({'rootuser': macos_user}) %}
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/packages/npms.sls b/packages/npms.sls
index c04c795..57b550f 100644
--- a/packages/npms.sls
+++ b/packages/npms.sls
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ npm_req_pkgs:
 npms_dir:
   file.directory:
     - name: {{ packages.npms.dir }}
-    - user: {{ 'root' if 'user' not in packages.npms else packages.npms.user }}
-    - group: {{ 'root' if 'group' not in packages.npms else packages.npms.group }}
+    - user: {{ packages.rootuser if 'user' not in packages.npms else packages.npms.user }}
+    - group: {{ packages.rootuser if 'group' not in packages.npms else packages.npms.group }}
     - mode: {{ '0755' if 'mode' not in packages.npms else packages.npms.mode }}
     - makedirs: True
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index e324d45..9ef9c94 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ packages:
     unwanted:
       - goodbye-world
 
+  golang:
+    goget:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet
+    clean:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet
+
   npms:
     dir: /home/kitchen/npms      # The target directory in which to install the package, or None for global installation
     user: kitchen                # The user to run NPM with (and to assign to `dir`)
diff --git a/test/integration/default/archives_spec.rb b/test/integration/default/archives_spec.rb
index 0892e83..9297dbe 100644
--- a/test/integration/default/archives_spec.rb
+++ b/test/integration/default/archives_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ control 'Archive packages' do
       it { should exist }
     end
   end
-  describe file('/usr/local/bin/kubectl') do
+  describe file('/usr/local/go/bin/go') do
     it { should be_executable }
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/default/golang_spec.rb b/test/integration/default/golang_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17ed458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/default/golang_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+go_path = '/home/kitchen/go'
+
+# GO GET
+control 'go get github.com/golang/example/hello' do
+  title 'should be installed'
+  desc '(only testing in the Debian platform, as these are OS-independent'
+
+  only_if do
+    os.debian?
+  end
+
+  describe file('/usr/local/go/bin/go') do
+    it { should be_executable }
+  end
+
+  %w(
+    github.com/golang/example/hello
+  ).each do |f|
+    describe file("#{go_path}/src/#{f}") do
+      it { should exist }
+    end
+  end
diff --git a/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1604 b/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1604
index 887b33f..bc74f2a 100644
--- a/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1604
+++ b/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1604
@@ -79,14 +79,22 @@ packages:
           format: raw
           source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openstack/cinder/master/contrib/block-box/docker-compose.yml
           hashsum: 1751f8e4f6b4cddd8c4843a0f4473274
-      kubectl:
-        dest: /usr/local/bin
+      golang:
+        dest: /usr/local
         dl:
-          format: bin
-          source: https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
+          format: tar
+          source: https://dl.google.com/go/go1.12.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          hashsum: 66d83bfb5a9ede000e33c6579a91a29e6b101829ad41fffb5c5bb6c900e109d9
     unwanted:
       - /usr/local/boring_archive_software
 
   remote_pkgs:
     zoom: 'https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb'
 
+  golang:
+    goget:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet
+    clean:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet
diff --git a/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1804 b/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1804
index e7e1e03..3e5fdb9 100644
--- a/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1804
+++ b/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1804
@@ -81,14 +81,22 @@ packages:
           format: raw
           source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openstack/cinder/master/contrib/block-box/docker-compose.yml
           hashsum: 1751f8e4f6b4cddd8c4843a0f4473274
-      kubectl:
-        dest: /usr/local/bin
+      golang:
+        dest: /usr/local
         dl:
-          format: bin
-          source: https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
+          format: tar
+          source: https://dl.google.com/go/go1.12.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          hashsum: 66d83bfb5a9ede000e33c6579a91a29e6b101829ad41fffb5c5bb6c900e109d9
     unwanted:
       - /usr/local/boring_archive_software
 
   remote_pkgs:
     zoom: 'https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb'
 
+  golang:
+    goget:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet
+    clean:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet