diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2c782ed593..d9692df9eb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ COPY ./build.sh /root/containerbuild/
 RUN ./build.sh configure_yum_repos
 RUN ./build.sh install_rpms  # nocache 03/10/22
 
+# install golang
+ENV PATH="/usr/local/go/bin:${PATH}"
+RUN ./build.sh install_golang
+
 # This allows Prow jobs for other projects to use our cosa image as their
 # buildroot image (so clonerefs can copy the repo into `/go`). For cosa itself,
 # this same hack is inlined in the YAML (see openshift/release link above).
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 10f1584e92..5a135b1200 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
   echo "    configure_user"
   echo "    configure_yum_repos"
   echo "    install_rpms"
+  echo "    install_golang"
   echo "    make_and_makeinstall"
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ configure_yum_repos() {
     echo -e "[f${version_id}-coreos-continuous]\nenabled=1\nmetadata_expire=1m\nbaseurl=https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos-dist/f${version_id}-coreos-continuous/latest/\$basearch/\ngpgcheck=0\nskip_if_unavailable=False\n" > /etc/yum.repos.d/coreos.repo
 }
 
+install_golang() {
+  curl -L -O https://go.dev/dl/go1.17.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+  rm -rf /usr/local/go && tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+  go version
+}
+
 install_rpms() {
     local builddeps
     local frozendeps
@@ -125,6 +132,7 @@ else
   # Otherwise, just run all the steps
   configure_yum_repos
   install_rpms
+  install_golang
   write_archive_info
   make_and_makeinstall
   configure_user
diff --git a/src/build-deps.txt b/src/build-deps.txt
index 644666b529..5ee31a16a0 100644
--- a/src/build-deps.txt
+++ b/src/build-deps.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Used by mantle
-golang
+gcc