diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/cfg/cfg.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/cfg/cfg.go
index 8a82e5562b7e4..8caa22a93df91 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/cfg/cfg.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/cfg/cfg.go
@@ -490,25 +490,43 @@ func findGOROOT(env string) string {
 		// depend on the executable's location.
 		return def
 	}
+
+	// canonical returns a directory path that represents
+	// the same directory as dir,
+	// preferring the spelling in def if the two are the same.
+	canonical := func(dir string) string {
+		if isSameDir(def, dir) {
+			return def
+		}
+		return dir
+	}
+
 	exe, err := os.Executable()
 	if err == nil {
 		exe, err = filepath.Abs(exe)
 		if err == nil {
+			// cmd/go may be installed in GOROOT/bin or GOROOT/bin/GOOS_GOARCH,
+			// depending on whether it was cross-compiled with a different
+			// GOHOSTOS (see https://go.dev/issue/62119). Try both.
 			if dir := filepath.Join(exe, "../.."); isGOROOT(dir) {
-				// If def (runtime.GOROOT()) and dir are the same
-				// directory, prefer the spelling used in def.
-				if isSameDir(def, dir) {
-					return def
-				}
-				return dir
+				return canonical(dir)
+			}
+			if dir := filepath.Join(exe, "../../.."); isGOROOT(dir) {
+				return canonical(dir)
 			}
+
+			// Depending on what was passed on the command line, it is possible
+			// that os.Executable is a symlink (like /usr/local/bin/go) referring
+			// to a binary installed in a real GOROOT elsewhere
+			// (like /usr/lib/go/bin/go).
+			// Try to find that GOROOT by resolving the symlinks.
 			exe, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(exe)
 			if err == nil {
 				if dir := filepath.Join(exe, "../.."); isGOROOT(dir) {
-					if isSameDir(def, dir) {
-						return def
-					}
-					return dir
+					return canonical(dir)
+				}
+				if dir := filepath.Join(exe, "../../.."); isGOROOT(dir) {
+					return canonical(dir)
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goroot_executable.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goroot_executable.txt
index 1a0e23e375bd5..e20dbd87ac4ce 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goroot_executable.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goroot_executable.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [compiler:gccgo] skip
+[short] skip 'builds and links another cmd/go'
 
 mkdir $WORK/new/bin
 
@@ -9,15 +10,18 @@ mkdir $WORK/new/bin
 # new cmd/go is built.
 env GOROOT_FINAL=
 
+# $GOROOT/bin/go is whatever the user has already installed
+# (using make.bash or similar). We can't make assumptions about what
+# options it may have been built with, such as -trimpath or GOROOT_FINAL.
+# Instead, we build a fresh copy of the binary with known settings.
 go build -o $WORK/new/bin/go$GOEXE cmd/go &
-go build -o $WORK/bin/check$GOEXE check.go &
+go build -trimpath -o $WORK/bin/check$GOEXE check.go &
 wait
 
 env TESTGOROOT=$GOROOT
 env GOROOT=
 
 # Relocated Executable
-# cp $TESTGOROOT/bin/go$GOEXE $WORK/new/bin/go$GOEXE
 exec $WORK/bin/check$GOEXE $WORK/new/bin/go$GOEXE $TESTGOROOT
 
 # Relocated Tree:
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goroot_executable_trimpath.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goroot_executable_trimpath.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dc1e25e606695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/goroot_executable_trimpath.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Regression test for https://go.dev/issue/62119:
+# A 'go' command cross-compiled with a different GOHOSTOS
+# should be able to locate its GOROOT using os.Executable.
+#
+# (This also tests a 'go' command built with -trimpath
+# that is not cross-compiled, since we need to build that
+# configuration for the test anyway.)
+
+[short] skip 'builds and links another cmd/go'
+
+mkdir $WORK/new/bin
+mkdir $WORK/new/bin/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}
+
+# In this test, we are specifically checking the logic for deriving
+# the value of GOROOT from os.Executable when runtime.GOROOT is
+# trimmed away.
+# GOROOT_FINAL changes the default behavior of runtime.GOROOT,
+# so we explicitly clear it to remove it as a confounding variable.
+env GOROOT_FINAL=
+
+# $GOROOT/bin/go is whatever the user has already installed
+# (using make.bash or similar). We can't make assumptions about what
+# options it may have been built with, such as -trimpath or GOROOT_FINAL.
+# Instead, we build a fresh copy of the binary with known settings.
+go build -trimpath -o $WORK/new/bin/go$GOEXE cmd/go &
+go build -trimpath -o $WORK/bin/check$GOEXE check.go &
+wait
+
+env TESTGOROOT=$GOROOT
+env GOROOT=
+
+# Relocated Executable
+# Since we built with -trimpath and the binary isn't installed in a
+# normal-looking GOROOT, this command should fail.
+
+! exec $WORK/new/bin/go$GOEXE env GOROOT
+stderr '^go: cannot find GOROOT directory: ''go'' binary is trimmed and GOROOT is not set$'
+
+# Cross-compiled binaries in cmd are installed to a ${GOOS}_${GOARCH} subdirectory,
+# so we also want to try a copy there.
+# (Note that the script engine's 'exec' engine already works around
+# https://go.dev/issue/22315, so we don't have to do that explicitly in the
+# 'check' program we use later.)
+cp $WORK/new/bin/go$GOEXE $WORK/new/bin/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}/go$GOEXE
+! exec $WORK/new/bin/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}/go$GOEXE env GOROOT
+stderr '^go: cannot find GOROOT directory: ''go'' binary is trimmed and GOROOT is not set$'
+
+# Relocated Tree:
+# If the binary is sitting in a bin dir next to ../pkg/tool, that counts as a GOROOT,
+# so it should find the new tree.
+mkdir $WORK/new/pkg/tool
+exec $WORK/bin/check$GOEXE $WORK/new/bin/go$GOEXE $WORK/new
+exec $WORK/bin/check$GOEXE $WORK/new/bin/${GOOS}_${GOARCH}/go$GOEXE $WORK/new
+
+-- check.go --
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	exe := os.Args[1]
+	want := os.Args[2]
+	cmd := exec.Command(exe, "env", "GOROOT")
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s env GOROOT: %v, %s\n", exe, err, out)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	goroot, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	want, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(want)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	if !strings.EqualFold(goroot, want) {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go env GOROOT:\nhave %s\nwant %s\n", goroot, want)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "go env GOROOT: %s\n", goroot)
+
+}