diff --git a/src/debugAdapter/goDebug.ts b/src/debugAdapter/goDebug.ts
index 0e0a4497f..f8a4132f1 100644
--- a/src/debugAdapter/goDebug.ts
+++ b/src/debugAdapter/goDebug.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { readFileSync, existsSync, lstatSync } from 'fs';
 import { basename, dirname } from 'path';
 import { spawn, ChildProcess, execSync, spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import { Client, RPCConnection } from 'json-rpc2';
-import { getBinPathWithPreferredGopath } from '../goPath';
+import { getBinPathWithPreferredGopath, resolvePath } from '../goPath';
 import * as logger from 'vscode-debug-logger';
 
 require('console-stamp')(console);
@@ -187,9 +187,10 @@ class Delve {
 				connectClient(port, host);
 				return;
 			}
+
 			if (!env) env = {};
 
-			let dlv = getBinPathWithPreferredGopath('dlv', env['GOPATH']);
+			let dlv = getBinPathWithPreferredGopath('dlv', resolvePath(env['GOPATH']));
 
 			if (!existsSync(dlv)) {
 				verbose(`Couldnt find dlv at ${process.env['GOPATH']}${env['GOPATH'] ? ', ' + env['GOPATH'] : ''} or ${process.env['PATH']}`);
diff --git a/src/goInstallTools.ts b/src/goInstallTools.ts
index 2f0d208cb..f901a0304 100644
--- a/src/goInstallTools.ts
+++ b/src/goInstallTools.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import path = require('path');
 import os = require('os');
 import cp = require('child_process');
 import { showGoStatus, hideGoStatus } from './goStatus';
-import { getGoRuntimePath } from './goPath';
+import { getGoRuntimePath, resolvePath } from './goPath';
 import { outputChannel } from './goStatus';
 import { getBinPath, getToolsGopath, getGoVersion, SemVersion, isVendorSupported } from './util';
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export function updateGoPathGoRootFromConfig() {
 
 	let gopath = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('go')['gopath'];
 	if (gopath) {
-		process.env['GOPATH'] = gopath.replace(/\${workspaceRoot}/g, vscode.workspace.rootPath);
+		process.env['GOPATH'] = resolvePath(gopath, vscode.workspace.rootPath);
 	}
 
 	let inferGoPath = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('go')['inferGopath'];
diff --git a/src/goPath.ts b/src/goPath.ts
index 3cfe27282..f925b95ee 100644
--- a/src/goPath.ts
+++ b/src/goPath.ts
@@ -95,4 +95,15 @@ function fileExists(filePath: string): boolean {
 
 export function clearCacheForTools() {
 	binPathCache = {};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Exapnds ~ to homedir in non-Windows platform and replaces ${workspaceRoot} token with given workspaceroot
+ */
+export function resolvePath(inputPath: string, workspaceRoot?: string): string {
+	if (!inputPath || !inputPath.trim()) return inputPath;
+	if (workspaceRoot) {
+		inputPath = inputPath.replace(/\${workspaceRoot}/g, workspaceRoot);
+	}
+	return inputPath.startsWith('~') ? path.join(os.homedir(), inputPath.substr(1)) : inputPath;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index a06e3b24f..b27dbbcde 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import vscode = require('vscode');
 import path = require('path');
-import { getGoRuntimePath, getBinPathWithPreferredGopath} from './goPath';
+import { getGoRuntimePath, getBinPathWithPreferredGopath, resolvePath} from './goPath';
 import cp = require('child_process');
 import TelemetryReporter from 'vscode-extension-telemetry';
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export function getToolsGopath(): string {
 	let goConfig = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('go');
 	let toolsGopath = goConfig['toolsGopath'];
 	if (toolsGopath) {
-		toolsGopath = toolsGopath.replace(/\${workspaceRoot}/g, vscode.workspace.rootPath);
+		toolsGopath = resolvePath(toolsGopath, vscode.workspace.rootPath);
 	}
 	return toolsGopath;
 }