diff --git a/kyaml/Makefile b/kyaml/Makefile
index c0caeafc8..61d3d0d13 100644
--- a/kyaml/Makefile
+++ b/kyaml/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-MYGOBIN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+MYGOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
+ifeq ($(MYGOBIN),)
+MYGOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+endif
 export PATH := $(MYGOBIN):$(PATH)
 
 .PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test lint tidy clean
diff --git a/kyaml/openapi/Makefile b/kyaml/openapi/Makefile
index f5cd8dc67..945f1aa52 100644
--- a/kyaml/openapi/Makefile
+++ b/kyaml/openapi/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-MYGOBIN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+MYGOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
+ifeq ($(MYGOBIN),)
+MYGOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+endif
 API_VERSION := "v1.19.1"
 
 .PHONY: all
diff --git a/kyaml/openapi/scripts/fetchSchemaFromCluster.sh b/kyaml/openapi/scripts/fetchSchemaFromCluster.sh
index b2d3d64ef..1126d035c 100755
--- a/kyaml/openapi/scripts/fetchSchemaFromCluster.sh
+++ b/kyaml/openapi/scripts/fetchSchemaFromCluster.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-MYGOBIN=$(go env GOPATH)/bin
+MYGOBIN=$(go env GOBIN)
+MYGOBIN="${MYGOBIN:-$(go env GOPATH)/bin}"
 VERSION=$1
 
 cp $HOME/.kube/config /tmp/kubeconfig.txt | true
diff --git a/kyaml/openapi/scripts/generateSwaggerDotGo.sh b/kyaml/openapi/scripts/generateSwaggerDotGo.sh
index 1c01f8630..e055c0727 100755
--- a/kyaml/openapi/scripts/generateSwaggerDotGo.sh
+++ b/kyaml/openapi/scripts/generateSwaggerDotGo.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-MYGOBIN=$(go env GOPATH)/bin
+MYGOBIN=$(go env GOBIN)
+MYGOBIN="${MYGOBIN:-$(go env GOPATH)/bin}"
 VERSION=$1
 
 $MYGOBIN/go-bindata \