diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index d81b57dc7..70091fc66 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func (cs Constants) LDFlags() string {
 	l := make([]string, 0, len(cs))
 
 	v := runtime.Version()
-	if strings.HasPrefix(v, "go1.5") || strings.HasPrefix(v, "go1.6") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(v, "go1.5") || strings.HasPrefix(v, "go1.6") || strings.HasPrefix(v, "go1.7") {
 		for k, v := range cs {
 			l = append(l, fmt.Sprintf(`-X "%s=%s"`, k, v))
 		}