diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go b/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go
index b5e28e325459c0..775f20b09fa94d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/gcc.go
@@ -1566,9 +1566,17 @@ func (p *Package) gccMachine() []string {
 	case "s390x":
 		return []string{"-m64"}
 	case "mips64", "mips64le":
-		return []string{"-mabi=64"}
+		if gomips64 == "hardfloat" {
+			return []string{"-mabi=64", "-mhard-float"}
+		} else if gomips64 == "softfloat" {
+			return []string{"-mabi=64", "-msoft-float"}
+		}
 	case "mips", "mipsle":
-		return []string{"-mabi=32"}
+		if gomips == "hardfloat" {
+			return []string{"-mabi=32", "-mfp32", "-mhard-float", "-mno-odd-spreg"}
+		} else if gomips == "softfloat" {
+			return []string{"-mabi=32", "-msoft-float"}
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/main.go b/src/cmd/cgo/main.go
index c1116e28ecdb25..5767c54307b3dc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/main.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ var importRuntimeCgo = flag.Bool("import_runtime_cgo", true, "import runtime/cgo
 var importSyscall = flag.Bool("import_syscall", true, "import syscall in generated code")
 var trimpath = flag.String("trimpath", "", "applies supplied rewrites or trims prefixes to recorded source file paths")
 
-var goarch, goos string
+var goarch, goos, gomips, gomips64 string
 
 func main() {
 	objabi.AddVersionFlag() // -V
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ func newPackage(args []string) *Package {
 	if s := os.Getenv("GOOS"); s != "" {
 		goos = s
 	}
+	gomips = objabi.GOMIPS
+	gomips64 = objabi.GOMIPS64
 	ptrSize := ptrSizeMap[goarch]
 	if ptrSize == 0 {
 		fatalf("unknown ptrSize for $GOARCH %q", goarch)
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go
index d957fa1fcdc7b8..3980c5f89848cd 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go
@@ -2599,9 +2599,19 @@ func (b *Builder) gccArchArgs() []string {
 	case "s390x":
 		return []string{"-m64", "-march=z196"}
 	case "mips64", "mips64le":
-		return []string{"-mabi=64"}
+		args := []string{"-mabi=64"}
+		if cfg.GOMIPS64 == "hardfloat" {
+			return append(args, "-mhard-float")
+		} else if cfg.GOMIPS64 == "softfloat" {
+			return append(args, "-msoft-float")
+		}
 	case "mips", "mipsle":
-		return []string{"-mabi=32", "-march=mips32"}
+		args := []string{"-mabi=32", "-march=mips32"}
+		if cfg.GOMIPS == "hardfloat" {
+			return append(args, "-mhard-float", "-mfp32", "-mno-odd-spreg")
+		} else if cfg.GOMIPS == "softfloat" {
+			return append(args, "-msoft-float")
+		}
 	case "ppc64":
 		if cfg.Goos == "aix" {
 			return []string{"-maix64"}