diff --git a/src/goPath.ts b/src/goPath.ts
index 34d12fa5c..e2f024992 100644
--- a/src/goPath.ts
+++ b/src/goPath.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function getBinPathFromEnvVar(toolName: string, envVarValue: string, appe
 export function getBinPathWithPreferredGopath(toolName: string, preferredGopaths: string[], alternateTools?: { [key: string]: string; }) {
 	if (binPathCache[toolName]) return binPathCache[toolName];
 
-	const alternateTool = (alternateTools && alternateTools[toolName]) ? util.resolvePath(alternateTools[toolName]) : null;
+	const alternateTool = (alternateTools && alternateTools[toolName]) || null;
 	if (alternateTool && path.isAbsolute(alternateTool) && fileExists(alternateTool)) {
 		binPathCache[toolName] = alternateTool;
 		return alternateTool;
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 7903df0d0..e557a1d4e 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -371,7 +371,13 @@ function resolveToolsGopath(): string {
 }
 
 export function getBinPath(tool: string): string {
-	return getBinPathWithPreferredGopath(tool, (tool === 'go') ? [] : [getToolsGopath(), getCurrentGoPath()], vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('go', null).get('alternateTools'));
+	const alternateTools: { [key: string]: string; } = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('go', null).get('alternateTools');
+
+	return getBinPathWithPreferredGopath(
+		tool,
+		(tool === 'go') ? [] : [getToolsGopath(), getCurrentGoPath()],
+		resolveObjectPaths(alternateTools),
+	);
 }
 
 export function getFileArchive(document: vscode.TextDocument): string {
@@ -501,6 +507,21 @@ export function timeout(millis: number): Promise<void> {
 	});
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Given an object with path attributes, resolve the paths of all attributes and return the new object.
+ */
+export function resolveObjectPaths(obj: {
+	[key: string]: string;
+}): {
+	[key: string]: string;
+} {
+	return Object.keys(obj).reduce(
+		(acc, key, idx) => ({ ...acc, [key]: resolvePath(obj[key]) }),
+		{}
+	);
+}
+
 /**
  * Expands ~ to homedir in non-Windows platform and resolves ${workspaceFolder} or ${workspaceRoot}
  */