diff --git a/package/go/go.hash b/package/go/go.hash
index cbc82a9b64..4181fb52c5 100644
--- a/package/go/go.hash
+++ b/package/go/go.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # From https://golang.org/dl/
-sha256  540c0ab7781084d124991321ed1458e479982de94454a98afab6acadf38497c2  go1.15.8.src.tar.gz
+sha256  7688063d55656105898f323d90a79a39c378d86fe89ae192eb3b7fc46347c95a  go1.16.src.tar.gz
 sha256	2d36597f7117c38b006835ae7f537487207d8ec407aa9d9980794b2030cbc067  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/go/go.mk b/package/go/go.mk
index 7b7f173706..f6cb2469a8 100644
--- a/package/go/go.mk
+++ b/package/go/go.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GO_VERSION = 1.15.8
+GO_VERSION = 1.16
 GO_SITE = https://storage.googleapis.com/golang
 GO_SOURCE = go$(GO_VERSION).src.tar.gz
 
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_aarch64),y)
 GO_GOARCH = arm64
 else ifeq ($(BR2_i386),y)
 GO_GOARCH = 386
+# i386: use softfloat if no SSE2: https://golang.org/doc/go1.16#386
+ifneq ($(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE2),y)
+GO_GO386 = softfloat
+endif
 else ifeq ($(BR2_x86_64),y)
 GO_GOARCH = amd64
 else ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc64),y)
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ HOST_GO_CROSS_ENV = \
 	CC_FOR_TARGET="$(TARGET_CC)" \
 	CXX_FOR_TARGET="$(TARGET_CXX)" \
 	GOARCH=$(GO_GOARCH) \
+	$(if $(GO_GO386),GO386=$(GO_GO386)) \
 	$(if $(GO_GOARM),GOARM=$(GO_GOARM)) \
 	GO_ASSUME_CROSSCOMPILING=1