diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 222586b..6a47504 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
     sha256 = "685052b498b6ddfe562ca7a97736741d87916fe536623afb7da2824c0211c369",
+    patch_args = ["-p1"],
+    patches = [
+      "//third_party/go/patches:rules_go_absolute_embedsrc.patch",
+    ],
     urls = [
         "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.33.0/rules_go-v0.33.0.zip",
         "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.33.0/rules_go-v0.33.0.zip",
diff --git a/third_party/go/patches/rules_go_absolute_embedsrc.patch b/third_party/go/patches/rules_go_absolute_embedsrc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6c0609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/go/patches/rules_go_absolute_embedsrc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+This adds support for workspace-relative Go embeds.
+
+diff --git a/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go b/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
+index 09e3ef6e..4623f803 100644
+--- a/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
++++ b/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
+@@ -379,6 +379,13 @@ func compileArchive(
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 	}
++	// Sort by length descenting to not get wrong roots
++	sort.Slice(embedRoots, func(i, j int) bool {
++		return len(embedRoots[i]) > len(embedRoots[j])
++	})
++	for _, root := range embedRoots {
++		embedRootDirs = append(embedRootDirs, abs(root))
++	}
+ 	embedcfgPath, err := buildEmbedcfgFile(srcs.goSrcs, embedSrcs, embedRootDirs, workDir)
+ 	if err != nil {
+ 		return err