diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 21dcd100..8d72118d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ matrix:
   include:
     - os: linux
       env: VERSION=1.14-rc VARIANT=buster
+    - os: linux
+      env: VERSION=1.14-rc VARIANT=stretch
     - os: linux
       env: VERSION=1.14-rc VARIANT=alpine3.11
     - os: linux
diff --git a/1.14-rc/stretch/Dockerfile b/1.14-rc/stretch/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..419b41b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1.14-rc/stretch/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+FROM buildpack-deps:stretch-scm
+
+# gcc for cgo
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+		g++ \
+		gcc \
+		libc6-dev \
+		make \
+		pkg-config \
+	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+ENV GOLANG_VERSION 1.14rc1
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+	\
+# this "case" statement is generated via "update.sh"
+	dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
+	case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+		amd64) goRelArch='linux-amd64'; goRelSha256='69398d41e5f6b87cdf3969aae665be4dfd3cc2ef36a61ab47a261f96130ed788' ;; \
+		armhf) goRelArch='linux-armv6l'; goRelSha256='bfe041f7d2a62f895f2d11703a29bdd31a48cca9a3c36418d59680bc1cbb8a6d' ;; \
+		arm64) goRelArch='linux-arm64'; goRelSha256='a5509448b06f02f5198fe8bbf5af88ab483af9c46f231c3f308748016fbc32c9' ;; \
+		i386) goRelArch='linux-386'; goRelSha256='831087aa0eba8b6dfa221036d00641613996ac66d7c635f1e34c53d5f0922623' ;; \
+		ppc64el) goRelArch='linux-ppc64le'; goRelSha256='fe1bf34d2b117d785f2fb33151c44ca8bc2188678c9e903fa0ad30573547b412' ;; \
+		s390x) goRelArch='linux-s390x'; goRelSha256='2302fa0e30144a969cb1879eed8aeb9a82c2b520fcda8aebbb20a539ad427c25' ;; \
+		*) goRelArch='src'; goRelSha256='76188ea84e95baa502d058c9598020c7654d6adaf40b82cabcf57c68df19963a'; \
+			echo >&2; echo >&2 "warning: current architecture ($dpkgArch) does not have a corresponding Go binary release; will be building from source"; echo >&2 ;; \
+	esac; \
+	\
+	url="https://golang.org/dl/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.${goRelArch}.tar.gz"; \
+	wget -O go.tgz "$url"; \
+	echo "${goRelSha256} *go.tgz" | sha256sum -c -; \
+	tar -C /usr/local -xzf go.tgz; \
+	rm go.tgz; \
+	\
+	if [ "$goRelArch" = 'src' ]; then \
+		echo >&2; \
+		echo >&2 'error: UNIMPLEMENTED'; \
+		echo >&2 'TODO install golang-any from jessie-backports for GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP (and uninstall after build)'; \
+		echo >&2; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi; \
+	\
+	export PATH="/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH"; \
+	go version
+
+ENV GOPATH /go
+ENV PATH $GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
+
+RUN mkdir -p "$GOPATH/src" "$GOPATH/bin" && chmod -R 777 "$GOPATH"
+WORKDIR $GOPATH