diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 587696e..d69618f 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ NVM_DIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvm"
 SDKMAN_DIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sdkman"
 # rust cargo
 CARGO_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/cargo"
+# golang installations
+GOPATH="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/go"
+
+# adjust for go-installations
+if test -d "$HOME/.local/opt/go"
+then
+  PATH="$HOME/.local/opt/go/bin:$PATH"
+  export PATH="$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin"
+fi
+
 # homebrew is complicated as shit, lucky me only relevant on macos
 test `uname` = "Darwin" && test `uname -m` = "arm64" && HOMEBREW_PREFIX=/opt/homebrew
 test `uname` = "Darwin" && test ! `uname -m` = "arm64" && HOMEBREW_PREFIX=/usr/local