diff --git a/scripts/build/setup/termux_setup_golang.sh b/scripts/build/setup/termux_setup_golang.sh
index 3f5d0b6cf4..0396283c15 100644
--- a/scripts/build/setup/termux_setup_golang.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/setup/termux_setup_golang.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 termux_setup_golang() {
 	if [ "$TERMUX_ON_DEVICE_BUILD" = "false" ]; then
 		local TERMUX_GO_VERSION=go1.20.2
+		local TERMUX_GO_SHA256=4eaea32f59cde4dc635fbc42161031d13e1c780b87097f4b4234cfce671f1768
+		if [ "$TERMUX_PKG_GO_USE_OLDER" = "true" ]; then
+			TERMUX_GO_VERSION=go1.19.7
+			TERMUX_GO_SHA256=7a75720c9b066ae1750f6bcc7052aba70fa3813f4223199ee2a2315fd3eb533d
+		fi
 		local TERMUX_GO_PLATFORM=linux-amd64
 
 		local TERMUX_BUILDGO_FOLDER
@@ -20,11 +25,13 @@ termux_setup_golang() {
 		rm -Rf "$TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR/go" "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_FOLDER"
 		termux_download https://golang.org/dl/${TERMUX_GO_VERSION}.${TERMUX_GO_PLATFORM}.tar.gz \
 			"$TERMUX_BUILDGO_TAR" \
-			4eaea32f59cde4dc635fbc42161031d13e1c780b87097f4b4234cfce671f1768
+			"$TERMUX_GO_SHA256"
 
 		( cd "$TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR"; tar xf "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_TAR"; mv go "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_FOLDER"; rm "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_TAR" )
 
-		( cd "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_FOLDER"; . ${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/packages/golang/fix-hardcoded-etc-resolv-conf.sh )
+		if [ "$TERMUX_PKG_GO_USE_OLDER" = "false" ]; then
+			( cd "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_FOLDER"; . ${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/packages/golang/fix-hardcoded-etc-resolv-conf.sh )
+		fi
 	else
 		if [[ "$TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_MANAGER" = "apt" && "$(dpkg-query -W -f '${db:Status-Status}\n' golang 2>/dev/null)" != "installed" ]] ||
 		   [[ "$TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_MANAGER" = "pacman" && ! "$(pacman -Q golang 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh
index 00f6818d76..0e2e0c1d9d 100644
--- a/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_variables.sh
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ termux_step_setup_variables() {
 	TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS=""
 	TERMUX_PKG_FORCE_CMAKE=false # if the package has autotools as well as cmake, then set this to prefer cmake
 	TERMUX_PKG_GIT_BRANCH="" # branch defaults to 'v$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION' unless this variable is defined
+	TERMUX_PKG_GO_USE_OLDER=false # set to true to use the older supported release of Go.
 	TERMUX_PKG_HAS_DEBUG=true # set to false if debug build doesn't exist or doesn't work, for example for python based packages
 	TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=""
 	TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=false # Set if a host build should be done in TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR: