diff --git a/go/tools/builders/BUILD.bazel b/go/tools/builders/BUILD.bazel
index ec45446d1a..b180632d75 100644
--- a/go/tools/builders/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/go/tools/builders/BUILD.bazel
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ filegroup(
     srcs = [
         "ar.go",
         "asm.go",
+        "asm_go1.go",
+        "asm_go119.go",
         "builder.go",
         "cgo2.go",
         "compile.go",
diff --git a/go/tools/builders/asm.go b/go/tools/builders/asm.go
index 1e3a8ba58d..98d24cb0b1 100644
--- a/go/tools/builders/asm.go
+++ b/go/tools/builders/asm.go
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ func asm(args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	// Build source with the assembler.
-	return asmFile(goenv, source, asmFlags, outPath)
+	// Note: As of Go 1.19, this would require a valid package path to work.
+	// But since this functionality is only used by the deprecated action API,
+	// we won't fix this.
+	return asmFile(goenv, source, "", asmFlags, outPath)
 }
 
 // buildSymabisFile generates a file from assembly files that is consumed
@@ -137,9 +140,10 @@ func buildSymabisFile(goenv *env, sFiles, hFiles []fileInfo, asmhdr string) (str
 	return symabisName, err
 }
 
-func asmFile(goenv *env, srcPath string, asmFlags []string, outPath string) error {
+func asmFile(goenv *env, srcPath, packagePath string, asmFlags []string, outPath string) error {
 	args := goenv.goTool("asm")
 	args = append(args, asmFlags...)
+	args = asmAddPackagePathArg(args, packagePath)
 	args = append(args, "-trimpath", ".")
 	args = append(args, "-o", outPath)
 	args = append(args, "--", srcPath)
diff --git a/go/tools/builders/asm_go1.go b/go/tools/builders/asm_go1.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e2964c2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/tools/builders/asm_go1.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build !go1.19
+
+package main
+
+func asmAddPackagePathArg(args []string, packagePath string) []string {
+	// go tool asm does neither support nor require the -p arg in Go < 1.19.
+	return args
+}
diff --git a/go/tools/builders/asm_go119.go b/go/tools/builders/asm_go119.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1b5b82a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/tools/builders/asm_go119.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//go:build go1.19
+
+package main
+
+func asmAddPackagePathArg(args []string, packagePath string) []string {
+	if packagePath != "" {
+		args = append(args, "-p", packagePath)
+	}
+	return args
+}
diff --git a/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go b/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
index 6104bb8feb..bc2fc2954f 100644
--- a/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
+++ b/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ func compileArchive(
 		}
 		for i, sSrc := range srcs.sSrcs {
 			obj := filepath.Join(workDir, fmt.Sprintf("s%d.o", i))
-			if err := asmFile(goenv, sSrc.filename, asmFlags, obj); err != nil {
+			if err := asmFile(goenv, sSrc.filename, packagePath, asmFlags, obj); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			objFiles = append(objFiles, obj)