diff --git a/go/private/actions/cover.bzl b/go/private/actions/cover.bzl
index 2e00dd8168..a1dff493ff 100644
--- a/go/private/actions/cover.bzl
+++ b/go/private/actions/cover.bzl
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ def _sanitize(s):
     """Replaces /, -, and . with _."""
     return s.replace("/", "_").replace("-", "_").replace(".", "_")
 
+# convert string from snake_case to CamelCase
+def _snake_to_camel(s):
+    words = s.split("_")
+    out = ""
+    for w in words:
+        out += w[:1].upper()
+        out += w[1:].lower()
+    return out
+
 def emit_cover(go, source):
     """See go/toolchains.rst#cover for full documentation."""
 
@@ -44,7 +53,8 @@ def emit_cover(go, source):
         _, pkgpath = effective_importpath_pkgpath(source.library)
         srcname = pkgpath + "/" + orig.basename if pkgpath else orig.path
 
-        cover_var = "Cover_%s_%s" % (_sanitize(pkgpath), _sanitize(src.basename[:-3]))
+        snake_cover_var = "Cover_%s_%s" % (_sanitize(pkgpath), _sanitize(src.basename[:-3]))
+        cover_var = _snake_to_camel(snake_cover_var)
         out = go.declare_file(go, path = "Cover_%s" % _sanitize(src.basename[:-3]), ext = ".cover.go")
         covered_src_map.pop(src, None)
         covered_src_map[out] = orig
diff --git a/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go b/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
index c8896d5b10..2b77249f90 100644
--- a/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
+++ b/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ func compileArchive(
 			if ext := filepath.Ext(stem); ext != "" {
 				stem = stem[:len(stem)-len(ext)]
 			}
-			coverVar := fmt.Sprintf("Cover_%s_%d_%s", sanitizePathForIdentifier(importPath), i, sanitizePathForIdentifier(stem))
+			snakeCoverVar := fmt.Sprintf("Cover_%s_%d_%s", sanitizePathForIdentifier(importPath), i, sanitizePathForIdentifier(stem))
+			coverVar := snakeToCamel(snakeCoverVar)
 			coverSrc := filepath.Join(workDir, fmt.Sprintf("cover_%d.go", i))
 			if err := instrumentForCoverage(goenv, origSrc, srcName, coverVar, coverMode, coverSrc); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -522,3 +523,15 @@ func sanitizePathForIdentifier(path string) string {
 		return '_'
 	}, path)
 }
+
+// snakeToCamel converts a snake_case string to CamelCase string
+func snakeToCamel(s string) string {
+	words := strings.Split(s, "_")
+
+	result := ""
+	for _, w := range words {
+		result += strings.ToUpper(w[:1]) + strings.ToLower(w[1:])
+	}
+
+	return result
+}