3 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
index e606de25fc..66de0e07c6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ BASICTESTSUITE = "\
     ping date df ssh scp python perl gi ptest parselogs \
     logrotate connman systemd oe_syslog pam stap ldd xorg \
     kernelmodule gcc buildcpio buildlzip buildgalculator \
-    dnf rpm opkg apt weston"
+    dnf rpm opkg apt weston go"
 
 DEFAULT_TEST_SUITES = "${BASICTESTSUITE}"
 
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/go.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/go.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89ba2c3ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/go.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
+from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
+
+class GoHelloworldTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['go-helloworld'])
+    def test_gohelloworld(self):
+        cmd = "go-helloworld"
+        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
+        msg = 'Exit status was not 0. Output: %s' % output
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+        msg = 'Incorrect output: %s' % output
+        self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, Go examples!", msg=msg)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-testapps.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-testapps.bb
index 94405fd8fe..e8f0811485 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-testapps.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-testapps.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ KEXECTOOLS:nios2 ?= ""
 KEXECTOOLS:riscv64 ?= ""
 KEXECTOOLS:riscv32 ?= ""
 
+# go does not support ppc32, only ppc64
+# https://github.com/golang/go/issues/22885
+# gccgo may do better
+GOTOOLS ?= "go-helloworld"
+GOTOOLS:powerpc ?= ""
+
 GSTEXAMPLES ?= "gst-examples"
 GSTEXAMPLES:riscv64 = ""
 
@@ -49,4 +55,5 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', "${X11TOOLS}", "", d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11 opengl', "${X11GLTOOLS}", "", d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', '3g', "${3GTOOLS}", "", d)} \
+    ${GOTOOLS} \
     "