diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d753a3dc..d08f3957 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ func Compile(pkgName, outpath string, spec *TargetSpec, config *BuildConfig, act
 	if goroot == "" {
 		return errors.New("cannot locate $GOROOT, please set it manually")
 	}
+	tags := spec.BuildTags
+	major, minor := getGorootVersion(goroot)
+	if major != 1 {
+		if major == 0 {
+			return errors.New("could not read version from GOROOT: " + goroot)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected major version 1, got go%d.%d", major, minor)
+	}
+	for i := 1; i <= minor; i++ {
+		tags = append(tags, fmt.Sprintf("go1.%d", i))
+	}
 	compilerConfig := compiler.Config{
 		Triple:        spec.Triple,
 		CPU:           spec.CPU,
@@ -94,7 +105,7 @@ func Compile(pkgName, outpath string, spec *TargetSpec, config *BuildConfig, act
 		TINYGOROOT:    root,
 		GOROOT:        goroot,
 		GOPATH:        getGopath(),
-		BuildTags:     spec.BuildTags,
+		BuildTags:     tags,
 	}
 	c, err := compiler.NewCompiler(pkgName, compilerConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/target.go b/target.go
index 61baf3b0..f842a1e4 100644
--- a/target.go
+++ b/target.go
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -368,3 +370,26 @@ func isGoroot(goroot string) bool {
 	_, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(goroot, "src", "runtime", "internal", "sys", "zversion.go"))
 	return err == nil
 }
+
+// getGorootVersion returns the major and minor version for a given GOROOT path.
+// If the goroot cannot be determined, (0, 0) is returned.
+func getGorootVersion(goroot string) (major, minor int) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(goroot, "VERSION"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	s := string(data)
+	if s[:2] != "go" {
+		return
+	}
+	parts := strings.Split(s[2:], ".")
+	if len(parts) < 2 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Ignore the errors, strconv.Atoi will return 0 on most errors and we
+	// don't really handle errors here anyway.
+	major, _ = strconv.Atoi(parts[0])
+	minor, _ = strconv.Atoi(parts[1])
+	return
+}