diff --git a/dev-lang/go/Manifest b/dev-lang/go/Manifest
index 6bdcbc9fe71cd..2c24b6ca65566 100644
--- a/dev-lang/go/Manifest
+++ b/dev-lang/go/Manifest
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ DIST go-solaris-amd64-bootstrap-1.8.tbz 54926326 BLAKE2B 0a45312f090d81ebf46fe59
 DIST go1.10.1.src.tar.gz 18305765 BLAKE2B 61b8db22c50b9a4653244dc18267f405607755932d84ea2c475338a9f4a5421da2bb8cc808dbd166aa35c3c8778180bf47d6e51ebe303bc62e582516919058f9 SHA512 13f6b0643a4f92eeca04444b9fa10de38fc3427daea9aa3227cf9a5738ffee1a3f2e355ba5faf711b8506f7de118bdcd3b9064b65407a22613523e29ffd73415
 DIST go1.10.2.src.tar.gz 18308678 BLAKE2B 5f16757f879e9be9d2e936bc5e3cefcfd32914dbe7def8252b20ac647c90cfae09dfd7ff782f55cee4b3fecda6cc88c547f20087b571dbd06bc7600510c788bc SHA512 754e60bce1ea3479ebb57bbbb625e3d7875a151e7a6d7a1067478a9e45bde5423f47123d084832bb838acf7675a9d05057b76c1d773e43cae0fb4e7a52acf4a9
 DIST go1.10.3.src.tar.gz 18323736 BLAKE2B f07ea774378eb25e28fc29ce6d8d7ed84227d4b93bfa93d38a071fe294da30c3cdc3a559d643e7379873df56b0e2731dbd772e385ffcb4b2e93819db3b4e33f2 SHA512 fd2bd5fcb5c6d0a5336c4b1d2cacb368edbb01359297a83bdedc53f6018642598232f00633fc60fde879050f5f26a810c828d46b5d6626cbcc0702d93ad33fbb
+DIST go1.11.src.tar.gz 21091932 BLAKE2B 029b1c43b6244ab320b24fccca2bac693a0df0f975da2880a24e85fafbd7d6c836f63c609f1df44fb3eacc1c66c3d147858b7a2b9c0c370bb8fdbc8614b35713 SHA512 2758b7924b4b8cffc30b56fbf039b8e23d1a3c42506ed4997bd64531ba742e2c60e95d1fa70cae2ccda45d1959fadccfd2404af87d962530e4b1d3556c4aaf43
 DIST go1.9.6.src.tar.gz 16397247 BLAKE2B 36c9077177bd7bbe9b40c422c5faf7aa83fdd8a2360051cb026346a9fea35297d892d6c677962c498ea8531c1748d58a55bbb1db7c1cf323a1d65c0b9b8573fd SHA512 f7863a4fe586414c91465a6a82a47097b2593384688a7c68ad3e9981559047b4faf2c134104ad09a64125576dac557809884d9f125d91108dd51746620a368a2
 DIST go1.9.7.src.tar.gz 16401688 BLAKE2B f6fa7b7171595f6bb2b1860c10a34c386b781504b772a37b60ccd613850f916a463bdb1e2bf299c3d8e78e38cbdf0b59e1ee8dfc3597ef888450efb3eb6afc49 SHA512 1ed3375870223a73c9cf94839bfd8894b92f44f9a3ba3b2bec1e9cd8d2212519344c8afcb87a516d6ad3e1ccdc74d9dba225a222bdc5e60f6d73cb474d5f7664
diff --git a/dev-lang/go/go-1.11.ebuild b/dev-lang/go/go-1.11.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8c2ff88740126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/go/go-1.11.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+export CBUILD=${CBUILD:-${CHOST}}
+export CTARGET=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}
+
+MY_PV=${PV/_/}
+
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
+BOOTSTRAP_DIST="https://dev.gentoo.org/~williamh/dist"
+BOOTSTRAP_VERSION="bootstrap-1.8"
+BOOTSTRAP_URI="
+amd64? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-linux-amd64-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz )
+arm? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-linux-arm-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz )
+arm64? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-linux-arm64-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz )
+ppc64? (
+	${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-linux-ppc64-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz
+	${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-linux-ppc64le-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz
+)
+s390? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-linux-s390x-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz )
+x86? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-linux-386-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz )
+amd64-fbsd? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-freebsd-amd64-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz )
+x86-fbsd? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-freebsd-386-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz )
+x64-macos? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-darwin-amd64-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz )
+x64-solaris? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_DIST}/go-solaris-amd64-${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.tbz )
+"
+
+case ${PV}  in
+*9999*)
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/golang/go.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+	;;
+*)
+	SRC_URI="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${MY_PV}.src.tar.gz "
+	S="${WORKDIR}"/go
+	case ${PV} in
+	*_beta*|*_rc*) ;;
+	*)
+		KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~s390 ~x86 ~amd64-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+		# The upstream tests fail under portage but pass if the build is
+		# run according to their documentation [1].
+		# I am restricting the tests on released versions until this is
+		# solved.
+		# [1] https://golang.org/issues/18442
+		RESTRICT="test"
+		;;
+	esac
+esac
+SRC_URI+="!gccgo? ( ${BOOTSTRAP_URI} )"
+
+DESCRIPTION="A concurrent garbage collected and typesafe programming language"
+HOMEPAGE="https://golang.org"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0/${PV}"
+IUSE="gccgo"
+
+DEPEND="gccgo? ( >=sys-devel/gcc-5[go] )"
+RDEPEND="!<dev-go/go-tools-0_pre20150902"
+
+# These test data objects have writable/executable stacks.
+QA_EXECSTACK="
+	usr/lib/go/src/debug/elf/testdata/*.obj
+	usr/lib/go/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/testdata/escapeinfo.gox
+	usr/lib/go/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/testdata/unicode.gox
+	usr/lib/go/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/testdata/time.gox
+	"
+
+# Do not complain about CFLAGS, etc, since Go doesn't use them.
+QA_FLAGS_IGNORED='.*'
+
+REQUIRES_EXCLUDE="/usr/lib/go/src/debug/elf/testdata/*"
+
+# The tools in /usr/lib/go should not cause the multilib-strict check to fail.
+QA_MULTILIB_PATHS="usr/lib/go/pkg/tool/.*/.*"
+
+# Do not strip this package. Stripping is unsupported upstream and may
+# fail.
+RESTRICT+=" strip"
+
+DOCS=(
+AUTHORS
+CONTRIBUTING.md
+CONTRIBUTORS
+PATENTS
+README.md
+)
+
+go_arch()
+{
+	# By chance most portage arch names match Go
+	local portage_arch=$(tc-arch $@)
+	case "${portage_arch}" in
+		x86)	echo 386;;
+		x64-*)	echo amd64;;
+		ppc64) [[ $(tc-endian $@) = big ]] && echo ppc64 || echo ppc64le ;;
+		s390) echo s390x ;;
+		*)		echo "${portage_arch}";;
+	esac
+}
+
+go_arm()
+{
+	case "${1:-${CHOST}}" in
+		armv5*)	echo 5;;
+		armv6*)	echo 6;;
+		armv7*)	echo 7;;
+		*)
+			die "unknown GOARM for ${1:-${CHOST}}"
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
+go_os()
+{
+	case "${1:-${CHOST}}" in
+		*-linux*)	echo linux;;
+		*-darwin*)	echo darwin;;
+		*-freebsd*)	echo freebsd;;
+		*-netbsd*)	echo netbsd;;
+		*-openbsd*)	echo openbsd;;
+		*-solaris*)	echo solaris;;
+		*-cygwin*|*-interix*|*-winnt*)
+			echo windows
+			;;
+		*)
+			die "unknown GOOS for ${1:-${CHOST}}"
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
+go_tuple()
+{
+	echo "$(go_os $@)_$(go_arch $@)"
+}
+
+go_cross_compile()
+{
+	[[ $(go_tuple ${CBUILD}) != $(go_tuple) ]]
+}
+
+pkg_pretend()
+{
+	# make.bash does not understand cross-compiling a cross-compiler
+	if [[ $(go_tuple) != $(go_tuple ${CTARGET}) ]]; then
+		die "CHOST CTARGET pair unsupported: CHOST=${CHOST} CTARGET=${CTARGET}"
+	fi
+}
+
+src_unpack()
+{
+	if [[ ${PV} = 9999 ]]; then
+		git-r3_src_unpack
+	fi
+	default
+}
+
+src_compile()
+{
+	export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP="${WORKDIR}"/go-$(go_os)-$(go_arch)-bootstrap
+	if use gccgo; then
+		mkdir -p "${GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP}/bin" || die
+		local go_binary=$(gcc-config --get-bin-path)/go-$(gcc-major-version)
+		[[ -x ${go_binary} ]] || go_binary=$(
+			find "${EPREFIX}"/usr/${CHOST}/gcc-bin/*/go-$(gcc-major-version) |
+				sort -V | tail -n1)
+		[[ -x ${go_binary} ]] ||
+			die "go-$(gcc-major-version): command not found"
+		ln -s "${go_binary}" "${GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP}/bin/go" || die
+	fi
+	export GOROOT_FINAL="${EPREFIX}"/usr/lib/go
+	export GOROOT="$(pwd)"
+	export GOBIN="${GOROOT}/bin"
+
+	# Go's build script does not use BUILD/HOST/TARGET consistently. :(
+	export GOHOSTARCH=$(go_arch ${CBUILD})
+	export GOHOSTOS=$(go_os ${CBUILD})
+	export CC=$(tc-getBUILD_CC)
+
+	export GOARCH=$(go_arch)
+	export GOOS=$(go_os)
+	export CC_FOR_TARGET=$(tc-getCC)
+	export CXX_FOR_TARGET=$(tc-getCXX)
+	if [[ ${ARCH} == arm ]]; then
+		export GOARM=$(go_arm)
+	fi
+	einfo "GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP is ${GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP}"
+
+	cd src
+	./make.bash || die "build failed"
+}
+
+src_test()
+{
+	go_cross_compile && return 0
+
+	cd src
+	PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}" \
+	./run.bash -no-rebuild || die "tests failed"
+}
+
+src_install()
+{
+	local bin_path f x
+
+	dodir /usr/lib/go
+
+	# There is a known issue which requires the source tree to be installed [1].
+	# Once this is fixed, we can consider using the doc use flag to control
+	# installing the doc and src directories.
+	# [1] https://golang.org/issue/2775
+	#
+	# deliberately use cp to retain permissions
+	cp -R api bin doc lib pkg misc src test "${ED}"/usr/lib/go
+	if go_cross_compile; then
+		bin_path="bin/$(go_tuple)"
+	else
+		bin_path=bin
+	fi
+	for x in ${bin_path}/*; do
+		f=${x##*/}
+		dosym ../lib/go/${bin_path}/${f} /usr/bin/${f}
+	done
+	einstalldocs
+}