diff --git a/go/Dockerfile.alpine b/go/Dockerfile.alpine
index 0881d1a27..09e1ec032 100644
--- a/go/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/go/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM golang:alpine
 
-# Install VCS tools to support "go get" commands.
-RUN apk add --update --no-cache git mercurial subversion
+# Install VCS tools to support "go get" commands and install gcc.
+RUN apk add --update --no-cache git mercurial subversion build-base
 
 # We blank out the GOPATH because the base image sets it, and
 # if the user of this build step does *not* set it, we want to
diff --git a/go/Dockerfile.debian b/go/Dockerfile.debian
index f8d9505e5..b9d30d581 100644
--- a/go/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/go/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM golang
 
-# Install VCS tools to support "go get" commands.
-RUN apt-get update -qqy && apt-get install -qqy git mercurial subversion
+# Install VCS tools to support "go get" commands and install gcc.
+RUN apt-get update -qqy && apt-get install -qqy git mercurial subversion gcc
 
 # We blank out the GOPATH because the base image sets it, and
 # if the user of this build step does *not* set it, we want to
diff --git a/go/Dockerfile.wheezy b/go/Dockerfile.wheezy
index a76094d21..988fa2877 100644
--- a/go/Dockerfile.wheezy
+++ b/go/Dockerfile.wheezy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM golang:wheezy
 
-# Install VCS tools to support "go get" commands.
-RUN apt-get update -qqy && apt-get install -qqy git mercurial subversion
+# Install VCS tools to support "go get" commands and install gcc.
+RUN apt-get update -qqy && apt-get install -qqy git mercurial subversion gcc
 
 # We blank out the GOPATH because the base image sets it, and
 # if the user of this build step does *not* set it, we want to