diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_outside.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_outside.txt
index 65808244e8cb4a..ed13e59f36160b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_outside.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_outside.txt
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ stderr 'needmod[/\\]needmod.go:10:2: no required module provides package example
 
 # 'go install' for a package in GOROOT should succeed.
 # (It must be non-stale here so that the test does not write to GOROOT).
+go build -o $devnull cmd/addr2line  # make sure any necessary dependencies are present in GOCACHE
 ! stale cmd/addr2line
 go install cmd/addr2line
 ! stderr .