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/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..61f4739
--- /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-cmd-run-go-clean-{{ package }}:
+  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..f0338dd
--- /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-cmd-run-go-get-{{ package }}:
+  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`)