diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass
index 39bfaa5156..cc3564c36a 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ GO_INSTALL_FILTEROUT ?= "${GO_IMPORT}/vendor/"
 B = "${WORKDIR}/build"
 export GOPATH = "${B}"
 export GOENV = "off"
+export GOPROXY ??= "https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
 export GOTMPDIR ?= "${WORKDIR}/build-tmp"
 GOTMPDIR[vardepvalue] = ""