diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix
index 8ee9c0f16725..de002ec70b09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.24.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,30 @@ let
   targetCC = pkgsBuildTarget.targetPackages.stdenv.cc;
 
   isCross = stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform;
+
+  # In order for buildmode=pie to work either Go's internal linker must know how
+  # to produce position-independent executables or Go must be using an external linker.
+  #
+  # go-default-pie.patch tries to enable position-independent codegen (PIE) only when the platform
+  # reports support (via BuildModeSupported(..., "pie", ...)).
+  #
+  # That probe is not fully reliable: for example, `pkgsi686Linux.go` can fail during bootstrap
+  # with message 'default PIE binary requires external (cgo) linking, but cgo is not enabled'
+  # despite CGO being enabled. (we set `CGO_ENABLED=1`).
+  #
+  # To avoid such breakage, limit this patch to a small set of explicitly tested platforms
+  # rather than relying on the general BuildModeSupported("pie") check.
+  supportsDefaultPie =
+    let
+      hasPie = {
+        "amd64" = true;
+        "arm64" = true;
+        "ppc64le" = true;
+        "riscv64" = true;
+      };
+    in
+    hasPie.${stdenv.hostPlatform.go.GOARCH} or false
+    && hasPie.${stdenv.targetPlatform.go.GOARCH} or false;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "go";
@@ -65,6 +89,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./remove-tools-1.11.patch
     ./go_no_vendor_checks-1.23.patch
     ./go-env-go_ldso.patch
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals supportsDefaultPie [
     (replaceVars ./go-default-pie.patch {
       inherit (stdenv.targetPlatform.go) GOARCH;
     })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.25.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.25.nix
index d61039eba543..db50761a4bbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.25.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.25.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,30 @@ let
   targetCC = pkgsBuildTarget.targetPackages.stdenv.cc;
 
   isCross = stdenv.buildPlatform != stdenv.targetPlatform;
+
+  # go-default-pie.patch tries to enable position-independent codegen (PIE) only when the platform
+  # reports support (via BuildModeSupported(..., "pie", ...)).
+  #
+  # In order for buildmode=pie to work either Go's internal linker must know how
+  # to produce position-independent executables or Go must be using an external linker.
+  #
+  # That probe is not fully reliable: for example, `pkgsi686Linux.go` can fail during bootstrap
+  # with message 'default PIE binary requires external (cgo) linking, but cgo is not enabled'
+  # despite CGO being enabled. (we set `CGO_ENABLED=1`).
+  #
+  # To avoid such breakage, limit this patch to a small set of explicitly tested platforms
+  # rather than relying on the general BuildModeSupported("pie") check.
+  supportsDefaultPie =
+    let
+      hasPie = {
+        "amd64" = true;
+        "arm64" = true;
+        "ppc64le" = true;
+        "riscv64" = true;
+      };
+    in
+    hasPie.${stdenv.hostPlatform.go.GOARCH} or false
+    && hasPie.${stdenv.targetPlatform.go.GOARCH} or false;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "go";
@@ -75,6 +99,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./remove-tools-1.11.patch
     ./go_no_vendor_checks-1.23.patch
     ./go-env-go_ldso.patch
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals supportsDefaultPie [
     (replaceVars ./go-default-pie.patch {
       inherit (stdenv.targetPlatform.go) GOARCH;
     })