diff --git a/kitchen.yml b/kitchen.yml
index 6032baf..e6a9296 100644
--- a/kitchen.yml
+++ b/kitchen.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ platforms:
       run_command: /lib/systemd/systemd
       provision_command:
         - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales git
+        - echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin' >/etc/default/golang.sh
+        - export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin"
   - name: ubuntu-18.04
     driver_config:
       image: ubuntu:18.04
       run_command: /lib/systemd/systemd
       provision_command:
         - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales git
+        - echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin' >/etc/default/golang.sh
+        - export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin"
   - name: ubuntu-16.04
     driver_config:
       image: ubuntu:16.04
@@ -35,6 +39,8 @@ platforms:
         - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales git
         - locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
         - update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+        - echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin' >/etc/default/golang.sh
+        - export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin"
   - name: centos-7
     driver_config:
       image: centos:7
diff --git a/packages/golang/clean.sls b/packages/golang/clean.sls
index 61f4739..b3c4bbb 100644
--- a/packages/golang/clean.sls
+++ b/packages/golang/clean.sls
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  
     {%- for package in packages.golang.clean %}
 
-packages-golang-clean-cmd-run-go-clean-{{ package }}:
+packages-golang-clean-{{ package }}-cmd-run:
   cmd.run:
     - name: go clean -i {{ package }}...
     - runas: {{ packages.rootuser }}
diff --git a/packages/golang/goget.sls b/packages/golang/goget.sls
index f0338dd..ee138f1 100644
--- a/packages/golang/goget.sls
+++ b/packages/golang/goget.sls
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  
     {%- for package in packages.golang.goget %}
 
-packages-golang-goget-cmd-run-go-get-{{ package }}:
+packages-golang-goget-{{ package }}-cmd-run:
   cmd.run:
     - name: go get {{ package }}
     - runas: {{ packages.rootuser }}
diff --git a/test/integration/default/archives_spec.rb b/test/integration/default/archives_spec.rb
index 0892e83..9297dbe 100644
--- a/test/integration/default/archives_spec.rb
+++ b/test/integration/default/archives_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       it { should exist }
     end
   end
-  describe file('/usr/local/bin/kubectl') do
+  describe file('/usr/local/go/bin/go') do
     it { should be_executable }
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/default/golang_spec.rb b/test/integration/default/golang_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17ed458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/default/golang_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+go_path = '/home/kitchen/go'
+
+# GO GET
+control 'go get github.com/golang/example/hello' do
+  title 'should be installed'
+  desc '(only testing in the Debian platform, as these are OS-independent'
+
+  only_if do
+    os.debian?
+  end
+
+  describe file('/usr/local/go/bin/go') do
+    it { should be_executable }
+  end
+
+  %w(
+    github.com/golang/example/hello
+  ).each do |f|
+    describe file("#{go_path}/src/#{f}") do
+      it { should exist }
+    end
+  end
diff --git a/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1604 b/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1604
index 887b33f..bc74f2a 100644
--- a/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1604
+++ b/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1604
@@ -79,14 +79,22 @@ packages:
           format: raw
           source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openstack/cinder/master/contrib/block-box/docker-compose.yml
           hashsum: 1751f8e4f6b4cddd8c4843a0f4473274
-      kubectl:
-        dest: /usr/local/bin
+      golang:
+        dest: /usr/local
         dl:
-          format: bin
-          source: https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
+          format: tar
+          source: https://dl.google.com/go/go1.12.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          hashsum: 66d83bfb5a9ede000e33c6579a91a29e6b101829ad41fffb5c5bb6c900e109d9
     unwanted:
       - /usr/local/boring_archive_software
 
   remote_pkgs:
     zoom: 'https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb'
 
+  golang:
+    goget:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet
+    clean:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet
diff --git a/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1804 b/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1804
index e7e1e03..3e5fdb9 100644
--- a/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1804
+++ b/test/integration/default/pillar.example.ubuntu.1804
@@ -81,14 +81,22 @@ packages:
           format: raw
           source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openstack/cinder/master/contrib/block-box/docker-compose.yml
           hashsum: 1751f8e4f6b4cddd8c4843a0f4473274
-      kubectl:
-        dest: /usr/local/bin
+      golang:
+        dest: /usr/local
         dl:
-          format: bin
-          source: https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
+          format: tar
+          source: https://dl.google.com/go/go1.12.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          hashsum: 66d83bfb5a9ede000e33c6579a91a29e6b101829ad41fffb5c5bb6c900e109d9
     unwanted:
       - /usr/local/boring_archive_software
 
   remote_pkgs:
     zoom: 'https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.deb'
 
+  golang:
+    goget:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet
+    clean:
+      - github.com/golang/example/hello
+      - github.com/golang/example/outyet