diff --git a/gopath/.gitignore b/gopath/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..882d4499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gopath/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bin/
+pkg/
diff --git a/gopath/src b/gopath/src
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..9c39cc9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gopath/src
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../vendor
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/misc/go b/misc/go
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7e612698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# hack around stupid $GOPATH semantics, with ~/bin/go helper
+# thanks to Nilium in #go-nuts for 1/3 of the idea
+[ -z "$GOPATH" ] && echo '$GOPATH is not set!' && exit 1
+GO="$(which -a go | sed -e '2q;d')"	# TODO: pick /usr/bin/go in a better way
+# the idea is to have $project/gopath/src/ be a symlink to ../vendor but you put
+# all of your vendored things in vendor/ but with this gopath can be per project
+if [ -d "$PWD/vendor/" ] && [ -d "$PWD/gopath/" ] && [ "`readlink $PWD/gopath/src`" = "../vendor" ] ; then
+	GOPATH="$PWD/gopath/:$GOPATH" $GO "$@"
+else
+	$GO "$@"
+fi