diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/go.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/go.py
index 95472642f68..a22d3922e82 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/go.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/go.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def build_directory(self):
     def build_args(self):
         """Arguments for ``go build``."""
         # Pass ldflags -s = --strip-all and -w = --no-warnings by default
-        return ["-ldflags", "-s -w", "-o", f"{self.pkg.name}"]
+        return ["-modcacherw", "-ldflags", "-s -w", "-o", f"{self.pkg.name}"]
 
     @property
     def check_args(self):