diff -ruN golang-1.9.orig/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go golang-1.9/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go
--- golang-1.9.orig/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go	2017-08-24 14:50:31.000000000 -0700
+++ golang-1.9/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go	2017-08-27 08:46:28.054298530 -0700
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 		t.Skip("skipping gdb python tests on solaris; see golang.org/issue/20821")
 	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("gdb", "-nx", "-q", "--batch", "-iex", "python import sys; print('go gdb python support')")
+	cmd := exec.Command("gdb", "-nx", "-q", "--batch", "-iex", "/usr/bin/amd64/python import sys; print('go gdb python support')")
 	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 
 	if err != nil {